How to use xenophobic in a sentence

13 example sentences · adjective, noun

Xenophobic means exhibiting or characterised by xenophobia, a fear or hatred of strangers, foreigners, or extraterrestial life. Example: “It has not yet promised much in the way of serious debate about the migrant crisis or the EU’s failure to tackle it in a humane and coordinated manner, in the context of the Italian government’s increasingly xenophobic policies.”

Examples of xenophobic by meaning

adjectiveExhibiting or characterised by xenophobia, a fear or hatred of strangers, foreigners, or extraterrestial life.

Residents of Plettenberg Bay this week launched violent xenophobic attacks on foreign Africans living in informal settlements, beating them and ransacking their houses2006 May 13, Weekend Argus
It has not yet promised much in the way of serious debate about the migrant crisis or the EU’s failure to tackle it in a humane and coordinated manner, in the context of the Italian government’s increasingly xenophobic policies.2019 May 17, “The Guardian view on the Venice Biennale’s migrant boat: pushing the limits of art”, in The Guardian

nounA xenophobe.

So Buzz Bissinger sees fit that we give up on the ideal of Olympism and give in to xenophobics, terrorists, drug abusers, profiteers and human rights abusers?2008 April 16, Martin J. Brown, “Don’t Give Up on the Games, or Olympic Ideals”, in The New York Times

More sentences with xenophobic

Gentleman please tell me what he is doing to raise awareness of such disgusting xenophobic abuse?2016 October 12, Deidre Brock, Hansard, volume 615, Commons Chamber. From the entry GTR
Neo-racists have been documented to engage xenophobic responses and attempts at closure.2006, Grace-Edward Galabuzi, Canada's Economic Apartheid, →ISBN. From the entry neo-racist
Latinx are learning that the best defenses against xenophobic laws are U.S. citizenship and the right to vote.2020, Edwin David Aponte, Miguel A. De La Torre, Introducing Latinx Theologies, Orbis Books, →ISBN. From the entry Latinx
An ethnocentric, partially xenophobic (russophobic, armenophobic, azerophobic, etc.) nationalism seemed to replace the Soviet dogma of the friendship of the peoples.2003, Andreas Kappeler, “The Russian Empire and Its Nationalities in Post-Soviet Historiographies”, in Hayashi Tadayuki, editor, The…. From the entry Armenophobic
Nice xenophobic meltdown rant, Trump voter.2016 November 26, Nadegda, “TBBT -- something wrong”, in rec.arts.tv (Usenet), retrieved 20 Aug 2022. From the entry cluster F-bomb
First, a distinction has to be made between the acceptance of naming and the justification of racist, antisemitic, islamophobian and xenophobic language.2005, J Goldschmidt, Naming without Blaming. From the entry islamophobian
That is not a xenophobic remark.2001 March 13, The Earl of Onslow, speaking in the House of Lords, quoted in Hansard. From the entry abroad
In the past fortnight, following a fresh outbreak of xenophobic violence in Durban, President Cyril Ramaphosa condemned the “violence against foreign nationals in South Africa”, without mentioning the x-word.2019 April 7, “Editorial: Xenophobia – Call it by its name”, in City Press. From the entry x-word
The discourse of ‘feminationalism’ is closely related to homonationalism in which the xenophobic right is claiming that migration is a threat to the rights of the LBGT community.2017, Alison Treacher, “A feminism for the 21ˢᵗ century”, in Socialist Resistance. From the entry feminationalism
We are all from an outside place with a distinct culture and an almost xenophobic dislike of "pubbies" being public players not from our joint background.2012 September 13, Dave Thier, “A Look at The Diplomatic Skills of Sean Smith, AKA 'Vile Rat'”, in Forbes. From the entry pubbie

Meaning of xenophobic

adjective Exhibiting or characterised by xenophobia, a fear or hatred of strangers, foreigners, or extraterrestial life.
noun A xenophobe.

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Questions about xenophobic in a sentence

How do you use xenophobic in a sentence?: Xenophobic is used as an adjective and noun. For example: “It has not yet promised much in the way of serious debate about the migrant crisis or the EU’s failure to tackle it in a humane and coordinated manner, in the context of the Italian government’s increasingly xenophobic policies.”
What is a short sentence with xenophobic?: “Nice xenophobic meltdown rant, Trump voter.”
What does xenophobic mean?: Xenophobic means exhibiting or characterised by xenophobia, a fear or hatred of strangers, foreigners, or extraterrestial life.

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