anti-foreign

adjective

an·​ti-for·​eign ˌan-tē-ˈfȯr-ən 

-ˈfär-, 

ˌan-tī-

: opposed to or hostile toward foreigners

anti-foreign sentiments

A few years after that, anti-Catholic and anti-foreign feelings merged in a nativist crusade called the Know-Nothing movement.

—Bernard A. Weisberger

Examples of anti-foreign in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

From Xi Jinping’s quest to regain China’s glory, to Vladimir Putin’s attempts at a new Russian empire, to the rise of populist anti-foreign attitudes in the United States, Britain, Germany, and France, negative views of others underpin many of the conflicts in today’s world. — Literary Hub, 27 May 2026

Demilitarizing those areas now would mean surrendering the CCP’s solemn mission to make China whole again and, consequently, diminishing its ability to use anti-foreign nationalism as a source of legitimacy. — Michael Beckley, Foreign Affairs, 22 Aug. 2023

This kind of nationalism is often a mixture of utopianism and anti-foreign sentiment, elements shared by the movement that birthed the Chinese Communist Party. — Ian Buruma, Harper's Magazine, 11 Jan. 2022

Word History

First Known Use

1838, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for anti-foreign

• leucovorin
• chlorin
• doron
• florin
• foreign
• goran
• laurin
• morin