xenophobic
/ˌzɛn.əˈfəʊ.bɪk/US/ˌzi.nəˈfoʊ.bɪk/
xenophobic adjective: exhibiting or characterised by xenophobia, a fear or hatred of strangers, foreigners, or extraterrestial life.
Adjective
xenophobic (comparative more xenophobic, superlative most xenophobic)
- Exhibiting 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
- Synonyms:
- xenophobous
- Antonyms:
- xenophilic
Noun
xenophobic (plural xenophobics)
- A 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
xenophobic meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
xenophobic in Hindi
- ज़ेनोफोबिक, ज़ेनोफ़ोबिक, जेनोफोबिक
xenophobic in Tamil
- ஜெனோபோபிக்
xenophobic in Marathi
- झेनोफोबिक, ज़ेनोफोबिक, झिनोफोबिक
xenophobic in Urdu
- زینوفوبک, زینوفوبیک, زینو فوبک
More languagesFewer languages
- xenophobic in Bengali
- জেনোফোবিক
- xenophobic in Telugu
- జెనోఫోబిక్, జినోఫోబిక్
- xenophobic in Malayalam
- വിദേശികളോട് അയുക്തികവിദ്വേഷമുള്ള, അപരിചിതരോട് അഹേതുകമായ വിരോധമുള്ള, വിദേശികേളോട് അസഹിഷ്ണുതയുള്ള, സങ്കുചിത ദേശീയവാദിയായ
- xenophobic in Kannada
- ಜೆನೋಫೋಬಿಕ್, ಜೆನೊಫೋಬಿಕ್, ಕ್ಸೆನೋಫೋಬಿಕ್
- xenophobic in Punjabi
- ਜ਼ੇਨੋਫੋਬਿਕ, ਜ਼ੀਨੋਫੋਬਿਕ, ਜ਼ੈਨੋਫੋਬਿਕ
- xenophobic in Gujarati
- ઝેનોફોબિક, ઝિનોફોબિક, ઝેનોફોબીક
- xenophobic in Odia
- ଜେନୋଫୋବିକ୍, ଜେନୋଫୋବିକ, ଝେନୋଫୋବିକ୍
- xenophobic in Nepali
- जेनोफोबिक, ज़ेनोफोबिक, झेनोफोबिक
Examples of xenophobic in a sentence
- Gentleman please tell me what he is doing to raise awareness of such disgusting xenophobic abuse?
- Neo-racists have been documented to engage xenophobic responses and attempts at closure.
- Latinx are learning that the best defenses against xenophobic laws are U.S. citizenship and the right to vote.
Synonyms of xenophobic
Antonyms
Forms of xenophobic
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more xenophobic |
| superlative | most xenophobic |
| Noun | |
| plural | xenophobics |
Origin of xenophobic
From xeno- + -phobic, from Ancient Greek ξένος (xénos, “foreign, strange”) + φόβος (phóbos, “fear”).
Words that rhyme with xenophobic
Questions about xenophobic
- What does xenophobic mean?
- Xenophobic means exhibiting or characterised by xenophobia, a fear or hatred of strangers, foreigners, or extraterrestial life.
- What is xenophobic in Hindi?
- Xenophobic in Hindi is ज़ेनोफोबिक, ज़ेनोफ़ोबिक, जेनोफोबिक. See Xenophobic meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is xenophobic?
- Xenophobic can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce xenophobic?
- Xenophobic is pronounced /ˌzɛn.əˈfəʊ.bɪk/ (UK).
Words near xenophobic in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: xenophobic (page history and authors); xenophobic (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); xenophobic (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); xenophobic (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); xenophobic (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); xenophobic (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); xenophobic (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); xenophobic (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); xenophobic (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); xenophobic (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); xenophobic (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); xenophobic (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); xenophobic (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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