xenophobia
UK/ˌzɛn.əˈfəʊ.bɪ.ə/US/ˌziː.nəˈfoʊ.bi.ə/
xenophobia noun: a fear, antipathy, or hatred of strangers or foreigners.
Noun
xenophobia (countable and uncountable, plural xenophobias)
- A fear, antipathy, or hatred of strangers or foreigners.
- The great sociologist Zygmunt Bauman argued that philo-Semitism and anti-Semitism both fall under “allosemitism”: literally Othering the Jew. He defined it not as resentment of what is different, which is xenophobia, but rather of what defies order and clear categories. In 1997, he wrote, “The Jew...2020 January 28, Mairov Zonszein, “Christian Zionist philo-Semitism is driving Trump’s Israel policy”, in The Washington Post, archived from the original on 30 Jan 2020
- The United States is not the only country where xenophobia pays dividends for politicians.2021 March 19, Frida Ghitis, “The GOP’s xenophobia is fueling toxic culture of hate”, in CNN
- A fear of aliens.
xenophobia meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
xenophobia in Hindi
- a pathological fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners
- अज्ञातव्यक्तिभीति ajñātavyaktibhīti
xenophobia in Tamil
- அன்னியர் அச்சம், வெளியாரச்சம்
xenophobia in Marathi
- झेनोफोबिया, झेनॉफोबिया, झिनोफोबिया
xenophobia in Urdu
- زینوفوبیا, زینو فوبیا
More languagesFewer languages
- xenophobia in Bengali
- পরজাতিদ্বেষ, বিদেশীভীতি, ভিন্ন দেশ
- xenophobia in Telugu
- జెనోఫోబియా, జినోఫోబియా
- xenophobia in Malayalam
- സെനോഫോബിയ, സെനോഫോബിയാ
- xenophobia in Kannada
- ಹೊಸಬರ ಹಗೆತನ, ಹೊರನಾಡಿಗರ ಹೆದರಿಕೆ
- xenophobia in Punjabi
- ਜ਼ੇਨੋਫੋਬੀਆ, ਜ਼ੀਨੋਫੋਬੀਆ, ਜ਼ੈਨੋਫੋਬੀਆ
- xenophobia in Gujarati
- ઝેનોફોબિયા, ઝિનોફોબિયા
- xenophobia in Odia
- ଜେନୋଫୋବିଆ, ଝେନୋଫୋବିଆ
- xenophobia in Nepali
- जेनोफोबिया, ज़ेनोफोबिया, झेनोफोबिया
- xenophobia in Arabic
- رُهَاب الْأَجَانِب ruhāb al-ʔajānib, كَرْه الْأَجَانِب karh al-ʔajānib
- xenophobia in Malay
- xenofobia
- xenophobia in Indonesian
- xenofobia
- xenophobia in Persian
- بیگانههراسی bigâne-harâsi, گزنوفوبی gzenofobi
- xenophobia in Thai
- ความเกลียดกลัวต่างชาติ kwaam-glìiat-gluua-dtàang-châat
- xenophobia in Vietnamese
- tinh bài ngoại
Examples of xenophobia in a sentence
- I guess I am simply accustomed to dealing with more edulcorated versions of xenophobia.
- The new xenophobia is thus a collective psychological response to peregrinity.
- Media beat-ups and xenophobia are nothing new to the Vietnamese people.
Synonyms of xenophobia
Antonyms
Forms of xenophobia
| plural | xenophobias |
|---|---|
| alternative form | xenofobia |
Origin of xenophobia
From xeno- + -phobia.
Words formed from xenophobia
Words that rhyme with xenophobia
- aerophobia
- gerontophobia
- homophobia
- hydrophobia
- -phobia
- agoraphobia
- bathophobia
- Francophobia
- phobia
- radiophobia
- uxorophobia
- xanthophobia
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- ablutophobia
- acephobia
- acousticophobia
- acrophobia
- adverbophobia
- agraphobia
- aibohphobia
- aichmophobia
- algophobia
- altophobia
- amathophobia
- amaxophobia
- ambulophobia
- androphobia
- anthophobia
- aphobia
- apiphobia
- arachibutyrophobia
- arachnophobia
- astraphobia
- astrophobia
- aviatophobia
- aviophobia
- bacillophobia
- batrachophobia
- botanophobia
- brontophobia
- bryobia
- cacophobia
- cancerphobia
- carcinophobia
- claustrophobia
- clinophobia
- clithrophobia
- coulrophobia
- cynophobia
- decidophobia
- emetophobia
- epistolophobia
- erotophobia
- eurotophobia
- gephyrophobia
- graphophobia
- gymnophobia
- gynophobia
- heliophobia
- hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia
- hippophobia
Questions about xenophobia
- What does xenophobia mean?
- Xenophobia means a fear, antipathy, or hatred of strangers or foreigners.
- What is xenophobia in Hindi?
- Xenophobia in Hindi is अज्ञातव्यक्तिभीति (ajñātavyaktibhīti). See Xenophobia meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is xenophobia?
- Xenophobia is a noun.
- How do you pronounce xenophobia?
- Xenophobia is pronounced /ˌzɛn.əˈfəʊ.bɪ.ə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of xenophobia?
- The plural of xenophobia is xenophobias.
Words near xenophobia in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: xenophobia (page history and authors); xenophobia (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); xenophobia (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); xenophobia (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); Xenophobia (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); xenophobia (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); xenophobia (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); xenophobia (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); xenophobia (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); xenophobia (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); xenophobia (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); xenophobia (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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