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antiforeign en · ADJ

Etymology

From anti- + foreign.

Meanings

1. Opposed to foreigners or to what is foreign.
   • With foreigners already wary of investing in Thailand, the last thing the country needed, analysts say, was a new law perceived as antiforeign. 2007 January 10, Wayne Arnold, “Thailand May Add Measures to Restrict Foreign Investment”, in New York Times:
   • Taken as a whole, however, the riots were anti-foreign, not anti-official. This was dramatically true in the Wu-hsüeh riot of June 5, where two foreigners were killed by an angry mob,⁴⁹ and the I-ch’ang riot of September 2, where responsible officials failed to take action and the collusion of important persons was widely suspected.⁵⁰ 1972, Charlton M. Lewis, “Some Notes on the Ko-lao Hui in Late Ch’ing China”, in Jean Chesneaux, editor, Popular Movements and Secret Societies in China 1840-1950, Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 108:

Forms

Deriveds

antiforeignism

Synonyms

xenophobic

Translations (1)

pt antiestrangeiro (opposed to foreigners or to what is foreign)