xenophobia
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xenophobia
- /ˌzɛn.əˈfəʊ.bɪ.ə/ UK
- /ˌziː.nəˈfoʊ.bi.ə/ US
- /ˌzɛn.əˈfoʊ.bi.ə/ US
Rhymes with -əʊbiə
noun xenophobias · xenofobia
- A fear, antipathy, or hatred of strangers or foreigners. The great sociologist Zygmunt Bauman argued that philo-Semitism and anti-Semitism both fall under “allosemitism”: literally Othering the Jew. He defined it not as resentment of what is different, which is xenophobia, but rather of what defies order and clear categories. In 1997, he wrote, “The Jew i
- A fear of aliens.
Similar: xenophoby · Opposite: xenomania, xenophilia, xenophily, allophilia
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Closest in meaning: xenophobic, homophobia, xenophobe, intolerance, hatred, hostility, alienation, racism, exclusion, xenophoby, xenofobia, xenomisia, zenophobia, xenofobe, xenophobism, ethnophobia
noun
Similar: xenophoby · Opposite: xenomania, xenophilia, xenophily, allophilia
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noun a pathological fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners
| Español | xenofobia |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 외국인혐오증 oeguginhyeomojeung |
| 日本語 | 外国人恐怖症 gaikokujin kyōfushō, 外国人排斥 gaikokujin haiseki, 外国人嫌悪 gaikokujin ken'o, 排外主義 haigaishugi, 外国人嫌い gaikokujingirai |
| 中文 | 排外主義 /排外主义 páiwàizhǔyì, 仇外 chóuwài, 排外 páiwài, 外國人恐懼症 /外国人恐惧症 wàiguórén kǒngjùzhèng |
| हिन्दी | अज्ञातव्यक्तिभीति ajñātavyaktibhīti |
| Português | xenofobia |
| Français | xénophobie |
| Deutsch | Fremdenfeindlichkeit, Xenophobie, Fremdenhass |
| Italiano | xenofobia, senofobia |
| Ελληνικά | ξενοφοβία xenofovía |
| Română | xenofobie |
| Русский | ксенофо́бия ksenofóbija, неприя́знь к иностра́нцам neprijáznʹ k inostráncam, не́нависть к иностра́нцам nénavistʹ k inostráncam |
| Tiếng Việt | tinh bài ngoại |
| العربية | رُهَاب الْأَجَانِب ruhāb al-ʔajānib, كَرْه الْأَجَانِب karh al-ʔajānib |
| עברית | שִׂנְאַת זָרִים sinát zarím |
Talk about this word "xenophobia." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/xenophobia. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. xenophobia. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/xenophobia "xenophobia." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/xenophobia.Cite this
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title = {xenophobia},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/xenophobia},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
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