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misoxeny

misoxeny noun: aversion to foreigners or strangers.

Noun

misoxeny (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) Aversion to foreigners or strangers.
    • […] also there were many instances of misoxeny (that is, hatred of strangers)1968, Henri Estienne, Der Frankfurter Markt, page 85

Synonyms of misoxeny

Origin of misoxeny

From miso- + -xeny.

Questions about misoxeny

What does misoxeny mean?
Misoxeny means aversion to foreigners or strangers.
What part of speech is misoxeny?
Misoxeny is a noun.

Words near misoxeny in the dictionary

  1. misotheists
  2. misown
  3. misowned
  4. misowning
  5. misowns
  6. misoxeny
  7. misozoic
  8. misozuke
  9. mispace
  10. mispaced
  11. mispaces

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