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

For Americans, the appeal of visiting China has dimmed under Mr. Xi, an authoritarian leader who has stoked anti-foreign sentiment. —Vivian Wang, New York Times, 28 Nov. 2023

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