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asylophobic

asylophobic adjective: prejudiced against asylum seekers.

Adjective

asylophobic (comparative more asylophobic, superlative most asylophobic)

  1. (rare) prejudiced against asylum seekers
    • […] and the explosion of anti-immigrant and asylophobic violence against the backdrop of the so-called migrant crisis and the mainstreaming of far-right political parties across Fortress Europe and elsewhere.2020, Bridget Byrne, Claire Alexander, William Shankley, Ethnicity, Race and Inequality in the UK: State of the Nation, page 9

Forms of asylophobic

comparativemore asylophobic
superlativemost asylophobic

Origin of asylophobic

From asylum + -o- + -phobic.

Questions about asylophobic

What does asylophobic mean?
Asylophobic means prejudiced against asylum seekers.
What part of speech is asylophobic?
Asylophobic is an adjective.

Words near asylophobic in the dictionary

  1. asyla
  2. asylee
  3. asylees
  4. asyllabic
  5. asyllabical
  6. asylophobic
  7. asylum
  8. asylum hotel
  9. asylum hotels
  10. asylum seeker
  11. asylum seekers

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