Definitions
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- n. A fear of strangers or foreigners.
- n. A strong antipathy or aversion to strangers or foreigners.
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- n. a fear of foreigners or strangers
Etymologies
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Examples
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"Xenophobia or no xenophobia, South Africa belongs to the South
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But that is not the case with the term xenophobia, at least.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Another Word I Will Gladly Continue To Use:
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Perhaps this "xenophobia" is really more of a lack of necessity.
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Sadly, this "xenophobia" is once again influencing the European legislators to enact less immigrant friendly laws: Danmark, Holland, so may be we are heading straight up into a new dark age in Europe, as we are already way on our way there in the USA.
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"There is racism among black people themselves - it is called xenophobia, which is hatred and discrimination so it can be dealt with as another form of racism," the IOM said.
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Mr. Koch's straight talk prompted his political opponents to accuse him of "xenophobia" -- a charge that stings in a country still haunted by its Nazi past.
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Organisation for Migration said: "There is racism among black people themselves - it is called xenophobia, which is hatred and discrimination so it can be dealt with as another form of racism.
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But even more than that, I think what we ` re seeing is a little bit of xenophobia, which is a fear against a foreigner.
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Society could not call xenophobia a crisis only when it impinged on their well-being.
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Mixed into that we have a number of challenges such as the so-called xenophobia phenomenon and a number of socio-economic challenge facing us a nation and as a government.
Address to the Investec Historic Schools Breakfast by ANC Treasurer General Mathews Phosa
jmjarmstrong commented on the word xenophobia
JM has a very selective case of xenophobia that seems to only apply to some people he has known for ages!
September 21, 2009