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Princeton's WordNet

  1. xenophobicadjective

    suffering from xenophobia; having abnormal fear or hatred of the strange or foreign

Wiktionary

  1. xenophobicnoun

    A xenophobe.

  2. xenophobicadjective

    Suffering from xenophobia, a fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners

  3. Etymology: from ξένος + φόβος

Wikipedia

  1. xenophobic

    Xenophobia (from Ancient Greek ξένος (xénos) 'strange, foreign, alien', and φόβος (phóbos) 'fear') is the fear or dislike of anything which is perceived as being foreign or strange. It is an expression which is based on the perception that a conflict exists between an in-group and an out-group and it may manifest itself in suspicion of one group's activities by members of the other group, a desire to eliminate the presence of the group which is the target of suspicion, and fear of losing a national, ethnic, or racial identity.

ChatGPT

  1. xenophobic

    Xenophobic refers to a person who has irrational fear, dislike, or hatred of people from foreign countries, cultures, or strangers, or anything that is unfamiliar or foreign. It's a deep-rooted aversion towards foreigners and is often associated with behaviors such as discrimination, stereotyping, or violence against people perceived as foreign.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of xenophobic in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of xenophobic in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of xenophobic in a Sentence

  1. Marshall Cohen Pence:

    The President opposed that decision. Marshall Cohen Pence said it was xenophobic.

  2. Hasnah Hussein:

    The community is in fear at the moment. Their challenges have increased due to the lockdown and the xenophobic attitude.

  3. Dror Ladin:

    This is not over. We will be asking the federal appeals court to expedite the ongoing appeals proceeding to halt the irreversible and imminent damage from Trump's border wall. Border communities, the environment, and our Constitution's separation of powers will be permanently harmed should Trump get away with pillaging military funds for a xenophobic border wall Congress denied.

  4. Hillary Clinton:

    Right ? The racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, Islamaphobic -- you name it.

  5. Laney College:

    We are aware of the allegations of racist and xenophobic messages from a faculty member at our college with a student about the pronunciation of their name, we take these allegations seriously and immediately placed the faculty member on administrative leave pending an investigation.

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