xenophobic
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xenophobic
- /ˌzɛn.əˈfəʊ.bɪk/ UK
- /ˌzi.nəˈfoʊ.bɪk/ US
- /ˌzɛn.əˈfoʊ.bɪk/ US
Rhymes with -əʊbɪk
Where it comes from
From xeno- + -phobic, from Ancient Greek ξένος (xénos, “foreign, strange”) + φόβος (phóbos, “fear”).
adjective more xenophobic · most xenophobic
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Exhibiting or characterised by xenophobia, a fear or hatred of strangers, foreigners, or extraterrestrial life.
Residents of Plettenberg Bay this week launched violent xenophobic attacks on foreign Africans living in informal settlements, beating them and ransacking their houses
Similar: xenophobous, xenophobic · Opposite: xenophilic
noun xenophobics
- A xenophobe. So Buzz Bissinger sees fit that we give up on the ideal of Olympism and give in to xenophobics, terrorists, drug abusers, profiteers and human rights abusers?
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: afraid, xenophobia, racist, xenophobes, xenophobous, exophobic, xenophilic, xenophile, ethnophobic, genophobic, antixenophobic, xenoracist, xenophilous, heterophobic, phobic, antiforeign
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adj exhibiting or characterised by xenophobia
| Español | xenófobo, xenófobico |
|---|---|
| Português | xenófobo, xenofóbico |
| Français | xénophobe |
| Deutsch | fremdenfeindlich, xenophob, xenophobisch, ausländerfeindlich |
| Italiano | xenofobo |
| Ελληνικά | ξενοφοβικός xenofovikós |
| Русский | ксенофо́бский ksenofóbskij |
Talk about this word "xenophobic." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/xenophobic. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. xenophobic. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/xenophobic "xenophobic." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/xenophobic.Cite this
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title = {xenophobic},
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