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  • adjective Opposed to foreigners.

Etymologies

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anti- +‎ foreigner

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Examples

  • Mr. Musa's arrest came shortly after a popular TV host set off a wave of antiforeigner sentiment when he accused two groups, the Norwegian organization Church Aid and Church World Service of the U.S. of proselytizing, charges the two groups denied.

    U.S. Lobbies Afghanistan to Release Christian Converts Maria Abi-Habib 2011

  • Mr. Abdullah, who served as foreign minister during Mr. Karzai's first term, said Mr. Karzai thinks "he has delivered a populist stance, an antiforeigner message," but called the president's allegations of Western election fraud "treason to the national interest."

    White House Hits Karzai's Anti-West Tirade Jonathan Weisman 2010

  • Mr. Abdullah, who served as foreign minister during Mr. Karzai's first term, said Mr. Karzai thinks "he has delivered a populist stance, an antiforeigner message," but called the president's allegations of Western election fraud "treason to the national interest."

    White House Hits Karzai's Anti-West Tirade Jonathan Weisman 2010

  • Mr. Abdullah, who served as foreign minister during Mr. Karzai's first term, said Mr. Karzai thinks "he has delivered a populist stance, an antiforeigner message," but called the president's allegations of Western election fraud "treason to the national interest."

    White House Slams Karzai's Anti-West Rant Jonathan Weisman 2010

  • Mr. Abdullah, who served as foreign minister during Mr. Karzai's first term, said Mr. Karzai thinks "he has delivered a populist stance, an antiforeigner message," but called the president's allegations of Western election fraud "treason to the national interest."

    White House Hits Karzai's Anti-West Tirade Jonathan Weisman 2010

  • Wald feared the increasing nationalism and antiforeigner sentiment that accompanied the campaign for American entry into World War I.

    Lillian D. Wald. 2009

  • Britain seems to have regained its taste for labor strife, with the added twist of antiforeigner overtones.

    The Italian Jobs 2009

  • After the vote in Hesse -- where the Christian Democrats shrugged off accusations that they were fanning antiforeigner sentiment and campaigned hard on the citizenship issue -- Schroder indicated he'd reconsider his plan to allow dual citizenship.

    A Stumbling Start 2008

  • Cosmopolitan, educated as a lawyer in France and Switzerland, he was fiercely nationalistic, antiforeigner, and obsessed by his opposition to the British.

    The Prize Daniel Yergin 2008

  • Cosmopolitan, educated as a lawyer in France and Switzerland, he was fiercely nationalistic, antiforeigner, and obsessed by his opposition to the British.

    The Prize Daniel Yergin 2008

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