Definition of xenophobe
:one unduly fearful of what is foreign and especially of people of foreign origin
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No one wants this wall but racists and xenophobes who believe the fake news that Mexicans are pouring into the country stealing jobs, raping the purest white women and killing babies.
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In the aftermath of the election, for all the shrill charges that Trump is a racist, bigot, nativist, and xenophobe, the identity-politics industry is silently making some subtle concessions.
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Democrats’ politically correct messaging derides opponents as deplorable racists, sexists, bigots, xenophobes, homophobes, Islamophobes and nativists.
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The staff, for instance, is not composed of only knee-jerk xenophobes and hillbilly rabble-rousers.
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The staff, for instance, is not composed of only knee-jerk xenophobes and hillbilly rabble-rousers.
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But May, in seeking to appease the xenophobes, has said that restricting immigration is her first priority.
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xenophobe Has Greek Roots
Xenophobe is partly based on the Greek noun xenos, meaning "stranger, guest, foreigner". Unlike other phobias, xenophobia isn't really considered an abnormal condition; instead, it's generally thought of as just serious narrow-mindedness, the kind of thinking that goes along with racism and extreme patriotism. In times of war, a government will often actually try to turn all its citizens into xenophobes.
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:a person unduly fearful of what is foreign and especially of people of foreign origin
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