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xenophobia

[ US /ˌzɛnəˈfoʊbiə/ ]
[ UK /zˌɛnəfˈə‍ʊbi‍ə/ ]
NOUN
  1. a fear of foreigners or strangers

How To Use xenophobia In A Sentence

  • This antimodernist nativism pervaded the 1920s, but it was particularly visible in the scientific racism of the eugenics movement, the xenophobia of the "100 percent American" movement, the sharp resurgence in the Ku Klux Klan, the post – World War One Red Scare (directed primarily at immigrant radicals), and in a series of draconian immigration restriction acts. 11 Caught in the Crossfire: Adrian Scott and the Politics of Americanism in 1940s Hollywood
  • Indeed, such dark forces as extreme ethnic nationalism, aggression, hegemonistic tendencies, intolerance, racism, xenophobia and terrorism have been unleashed to wreak havoc on a global seale.
  • Britain's democratic character derives from tolerance of minorities and a determination to face down xenophobia. Times, Sunday Times
  • Based on fundamentalist revolutionary ideas, Fascism defines itself through intense xenophobia, militarism, and supremacist ideals.
  • As a potential politician, Hanson was brilliant at capturing attention, the perfect foil for sneering " sophisticates " who so amusedly knew what xenophobia meant, but so conceitedly didn't recognise their own bigotry.
  • Fear of miscegenation and xenophobia and the consequent race riots resulted in restrictive legislation against the importation of Pacific and Chinese labor.
  • Unfortunately, countering xenophobia and racism requires leadership from the government.
  • The 'arguments' comprise bogus demographics, calumnies against the victims, xenophobia and fabrication. Times, Sunday Times
  • But that is not the case with the term xenophobia, at least. The Volokh Conspiracy » Another Word I Will Gladly Continue To Use:
  • But was theirs also a doctrine of religious intolerance - and intolerance of religion - and xenophobia? Times, Sunday Times
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