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xenophobic

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xen·o·phobe  (zn-fb, zn-)
n.
A person unduly fearful or contemptuous of that which is foreign, especially of strangers or foreign peoples.
xeno·phobi·a n.
xeno·phobic adj.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.xenophobic - suffering from xenophobia; having abnormal fear or hatred of the strange or foreign
afraid - filled with fear or apprehension; "afraid even to turn his head"; "suddenly looked afraid"; "afraid for his life"; "afraid of snakes"; "afraid to ask questions"
xenophobic
adjective racist, nationalist, bigoted, parochial, insular, isolationist, ethnocentric, racialist, ethnocentrist Stalin was obsessively xenophobic.
Translations
xenophobic [ˌzenəˈfəʊbɪk] ADJ → xenófobo
xenophobic [ˌzɛnəˈfəʊbɪk] adj → xénophobe
xenophobic
adj → fremdenfeindlich, xenophob (geh)
xenophobic [ˌzɛnəˈfəʊbɪk] adj (frm) → xenofobo/a, xenofobico/a
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The UN refugee agency on Friday condemned the violence which has strong overtones of xenophobic attacks in May 2008, when more than 60 people were killed and tens of thousands forced to flee their homes.
S.Africa police arrest 22 over xenophobic attacks by AFP / AFP Global Edition
Over the last 30 years I have enjoyed meeting many Bahrainis, but luckily I have never met this xenophobic.
Blinkered view by Gulf Daily News (Manama, Bahrain)
Haworth Midgely's letter perfectly describes the ongoing problems with some of your xenophobic correspondents.
Letter: Common sense by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
 
 
 
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