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an·ti-for·eign | \ ˌan-tē-ˈfȯr-ən 
, -ˈfär-, ˌan-tī- \
, -ˈfär-, ˌan-tī- \Definition of anti-foreign
: 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
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The first known use of anti-foreign was in 1838
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