xenophobic en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˌzɛn.əˈfəʊ.bɪk/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˌzi.nəˈfoʊ.bɪk/ (General-American)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˌzɛn.əˈfoʊ.bɪk/ (General-American)
Etymology
From xeno- + -phobic, from Ancient Greek ξένος (xénos, “foreign, strange”) + φόβος (phóbos, “fear”).
Meanings
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Exhibiting or characterised by xenophobia, a fear or hatred of strangers, foreigners, or extraterrestial life.
Fox News Channel host Tucker Carlson, who often spreads xenophobic arguments, has ardently embraced the charge that Democrats are “trying to replace the current electorate – the voters now casting ballots – with new people, more obedient voters from the Third World.”
2021 April 23, Ronald Brownstein, “The racist ‘replacement theory’ has it all backward”, in CNN: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:Residents of Plettenberg Bay this week launched violent xenophobic attacks on foreign Africans living in informal settlements, beating them and ransacking their houses
2006 May 13, Weekend Argus:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most xenophobic | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more xenophobic | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Hyponyms
Afrophobic · Russophobic · Albanophobic · Polonophobic · Slovenophobic · Turcophobic · Japanophobic · Romanophobic · Hibernophobic · Negrophobic · Scotophobic · Francophobic · Celtophobic · Indophobic · Sinophobic · Gallophobic · Hellenophobic · Israelophobic · Iranophobic · Kurdophobic · Prussophobic · Armenophobic · Hungarophobic · Serbophobic · Italophobic · Persophobic · Germanophobic · Nipponophobic · Egyptophobic · Austrophobic · Americanophobic · Danophobic · Ukrainophobic · Hispanophobic · Anglophobic
Relateds
xenophobia · anti-Japanese · anti-American · anti-British · racism · anti-Polish · prejudice · anti-Slavic · xenophilia · :Category:English terms suffixed with -phobic · anti-Russian · axenic · anti-Egyptian · anti-Semitic · anti-Dutch · anti-Chinese · antireligious · xenophobe · Special:Search/intitle:/phobic/ · anti-German
Synonyms
Translations (34)
de fremdenfeindlich (exhibiting or characterised by xenophobia) · da fremmedfjendtlig (exhibiting or characterised by xenophobia) · uk ксенофо́бський (exhibiting or characterised by xenophobia) · ru ксенофо́бский (exhibiting or characterised by xenophobia) · be ксенафо́бскі (exhibiting or characterised by xenophobia) · ca xenòfoba (exhibiting or characterised by xenophobia) · eo ksenofobia (exhibiting or characterised by xenophobia) · bg ксенофо́бски (exhibiting or characterised by xenophobia) · pt xenófobo (exhibiting or characterised by xenophobia) · sk xénofóbický (exhibiting or characterised by xenophobia) · ga seineafóbach (exhibiting or characterised by xenophobia) · de xenophobisch (exhibiting or characterised by xenophobia) · fi muukalaisvihamielinen (exhibiting or characterised by xenophobia) · es xenófobo (exhibiting or characterised by xenophobia) · sv xenofobisk (exhibiting or characterised by xenophobia) · nl xenofobisch (exhibiting or characterised by xenophobia) · da xenofobisk (exhibiting or characterised by xenophobia) · de ausländerfeindlich (exhibiting or characterised by xenophobia) · nl xenofoob (exhibiting or characterised by xenophobia) · fr xénophobe (exhibiting or characterised by xenophobia) · cs xenofobní (exhibiting or characterised by xenophobia) · pt xenofóbico (exhibiting or characterised by xenophobia) · tr zenofobi (exhibiting or characterised by xenophobia) · fi ksenofobinen (exhibiting or characterised by xenophobia) · da fremmedfjendsk (exhibiting or characterised by xenophobia) · it xenofobo (exhibiting or characterised by xenophobia) · pl ksenofobiczny (exhibiting or characterised by xenophobia) · es xenófobico (exhibiting or characterised by xenophobia) · de xenophob (exhibiting or characterised by xenophobia) · hu xenofób (exhibiting or characterised by xenophobia) · hy այլատյաց (exhibiting or characterised by xenophobia) · sv främlingsfientlig (exhibiting or characterised by xenophobia) · el ξενοφοβικός (exhibiting or characterised by xenophobia) · ca xenòfob (exhibiting or characterised by xenophobia)