xenophobia en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˌzɛn.əˈfəʊ.bɪ.ə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (Canada) audio
- /ˌziː.nəˈfoʊ.bi.ə/ (US)
- /ˌzɛn.əˈfoʊ.bi.ə/ (US)
Etymology
From xeno- + -phobia.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) A fear, antipathy, or hatred of strangers or foreigners.
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:Like the Communist party before it, the Front National claimed to speak for the “working class”. The class enemy was rebranded from “bourgeoisie” to “elite”, communist xenophobia about “international capital” was supplemented with xenophobia against immigrants, and the proletariat had to ally with former adversaries such as small business owners, but the essential claim of working-class dignity remained intact.
2025 September 13, Simon Kuper, “How Maga rewrote the Little Red Book”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 18: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 is ambivalence incarnate. And ambivalence is ambivalence mostly because it cannot be contemplated without ambivalent feeling: it is simultaneously attractive and repelling.”
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:
- (countable, nonstandard, rare, uncountable) A fear of aliens.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| xenofobia | alternative | lexicographic | |
| xenophobias | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Antonyms
xenomania · allophilia · xenophily · xenophilia
Deriveds
xenoglossophobia · antixenophobia · xenophobiac · xenophobian
Relateds
racism · aporophobia · xenophobic · xenophobe
Synonyms
Translations (91)
fi ksenofobia (a pathological fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners) · cmn 排外 (a pathological fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners) · ar كَرْه الْأَجَانِب (a pathological fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners) · sl ksenofobija (a pathological fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners) · ka უცხოს სიძულვილი (a pathological fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners) · uk ксенофо́бія (a pathological fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners) · ms xenofobia (a pathological fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners) · hy քսենոֆոբիա (a pathological fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners) · hu idegengyűlölet (a pathological fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners) · ru не́нависть к иностра́нцам (a pathological fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners) · kk ксенофобия (a pathological fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners) · ja 外国人恐怖症 (a pathological fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners) · krc ксенофобия (a pathological fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners) · nb fremmedfrykt (a pathological fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners) · de Fremdenfeindlichkeit (a pathological fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners) · eo ksenofobio (a pathological fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners) · ja 外国人嫌悪 (a pathological fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners) · ka უცხოსადმი შიში (a pathological fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners) · af xenofobie (a pathological fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners) · cs xenofobie (a pathological fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners) · ko 외국인혐오증 (a pathological fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners) · ga seineafóibe (a pathological fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners) · ar رُهَاب الْأَجَانِب (a pathological fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners) · he שִׂנְאַת זָרִים (a pathological fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners) · cmn 仇外 (a pathological fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners) · be ксенафо́бія (a pathological fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners) · fy ksenofoby (a pathological fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners) · ja 外国人排斥 (a pathological fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners) · hi अज्ञातव्यक्तिभीति (a pathological fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners) · bg ксенофо́бия (a pathological fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners) · cmn 外國人恐懼症 /外国人恐惧症 (a pathological fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners) · hu xenofóbia (a pathological fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners) · tr zenofobi (a pathological fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners) · it senofobia (a pathological fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners) · ka ქსენოფობია (a pathological fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners) · lt ksenofobija (a pathological fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners) · ru ксенофо́бия (a pathological fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners) · lv ksenofobija (a pathological fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners) · kmr zenofobî (a pathological fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners) · is útlendingahatur (a pathological fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners) · sh ксенофо̀бија (a pathological fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners) · ja 排外主義 (a pathological fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners) · fr xénophobie (a pathological fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners) · da fremmedangst (a pathological fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners) · ja 外国人嫌い (a pathological fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners) · fa بیگانههراسی (a pathological fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners) · id xenofobia (a pathological fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners) · fi muukalaisviha (a pathological fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners) · pl ksenofobia (a pathological fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners) · sq ksenofobi (a pathological fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners) · da xenofobi (a pathological fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners) · de Xenophobie (a pathological fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners) · sv främlingsfientlighet (a pathological fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners) · nl vreemdelingenhaat (a pathological fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners) · nl xenofobie (a pathological fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners) · el ξενοφοβία (a pathological fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners) · co senufobia (a pathological fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners) · fa گزنوفوبی (a pathological fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners) · cmn 排外主義 /排外主义 (a pathological fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners) · da fremmedhad (a pathological fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners) · sk xenofóbia (a pathological fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners) · it xenofobia (a pathological fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners) · da fremmedfrygt (a pathological fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners) · th ความเกลียดกลัวต่างชาติ (a pathological fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners) · nb xenofobi (a pathological fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners) · ky ксенофобия (a pathological fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners) · sh ksenofòbija (a pathological fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners) · mn ксенофоби (a pathological fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners) · ro xenofobie (a pathological fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners) · ast xenofobia (a pathological fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners) · co xenufobia (a pathological fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners) · mk ксенофобија (a pathological fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners) · hy այլատյացություն (a pathological fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners) · vo foginananeflenäl (a pathological fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners) · de Fremdenhass (a pathological fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners) · ru неприя́знь к иностра́нцам (a pathological fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners) · be ксэнафо́бія (a pathological fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners) · kk үргедектік (a pathological fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners) · vi tinh bài ngoại (a pathological fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners) · io xenofobio (a pathological fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners) · es xenofobia (a pathological fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners) · uz ksenofobiya (a pathological fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners) · eu xenofobia (a pathological fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners) · nn xenofobi (a pathological fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners) · et ksenofoobia (a pathological fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners) · gl xenofobia (a pathological fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners) · az ksenofobiya (a pathological fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners) · tr yabancı korkusu (a pathological fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners) · mn гадаад үзэмж (a pathological fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners) · pt xenofobia (a pathological fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners) · ca xenofòbia (a pathological fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners)