Definitions for xenophobic

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

xen•o•pho•bi•aˌzɛn əˈfoʊ bi ə, ˌzi nə-(n.)

  1. an unreasonable fear or hatred of foreigners or strangers, or of that which is foreign or strange.

Origin of xenophobia:

1900–05

xen`o•pho′bic

Princeton's WordNet

  1. xenophobic(adj)

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

Wiktionary

  1. xenophobic(Noun)

    A xenophobe.

  2. xenophobic(Adjective)

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

  3. Origin: from ξένος + φόβος


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