xenophobic

Examples

• All

• My question is regarding the the increasing xenophobic attacks on foreigners, blaming them for situations in Egypt.

• I'm adding anti Muslim rhetoric and a deep xenophobic vein increasingly runs through communities in the UK.

• The second is a more nativistic violence that is xenophobic and local in nature.

  Academic text (2002)

• We are not as closed-minded and xenophobic as you might think from what you read.

  Blog text (14)

• By engaging in such a nasty and possibly xenophobic attack against migrants, these soldiers

  Blog text (6)

• So Donald Trump is more xenophobic than Woodrow Wilson.

  The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

• The monopoly over claims to Godliness and civilization has produced xenophobic reactions in both East and West.

  Academic text (1995)

• The eruption of xenophobic violence, the killing of Turkish women and children, has horrified the world.

  Academic text (1993)

• Can I tell the Prime Minister that across the length and breadth of this land, people are totally disgusted by the xenophobic language on display from her government?

• As a citizen and a student, I'm protesting the tone of this lesson as racist, intolerant, and xenophobic.

  Speak (2004)

Synonyms

I

intolerant

vsxenophobic

64 4.6

Not willing to accept people who have different opinions or beliefs

is directed at people from other countries rather than merely different views

B

bigoted

vsxenophobic

• Offensive

44 7.8

Showing strong, unfair dislike of people with different beliefs or backgrounds

involves hatred specifically of foreigners rather than only opposing beliefs

P

prejudiced

vsxenophobic

24 5.0

Having an unfair dislike for a person or group because of who they are

is specific to dislike of people from other countries rather than general bias

C

chauvinistic

vsxenophobic

• Offensive

10 8.6

Having an unfair belief that your own group is better than others

focuses on fear or hatred of outsiders rather than group pride

E

ethnocentric

vsxenophobic

• Offensive

2 8.5

Thinking one's own people or culture are better than others

is about fearing or hating outsiders rather than ethnic centrality

E

exclusionist

vsxenophobic

• Offensive

1 8.5

Supporting rules that keep certain people from joining a group

applies that exclusion specifically toward outsiders rather than any group

A

anti-foreign

vsxenophobic

• Offensive

6.7

Opposed to people or ideas from other countries

is dislike or fear specifically of people from other countries

E

exclusivistic

vsxenophobic

9.8

Accepting only one group or idea and not allowing other views

targets outsiders or foreigners specifically rather than only intellectual exclusion

Antonyms

W

welcoming

66 1.0

A friendly way of acting that makes people feel comfortable

How Xenophobic

xenophobic

• Offensive

11 9.1

unwelcoming

3 4.5

suspicious

138 3.2

uneasy

98 3.2

tolerant

72 3.2

open-minded

80 3.7

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology