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Recent Examples of anti-foreign
Dutch Restrictions While across Europe anti-foreign sentiment keeps rising, limitations on foreign students are perhaps nowhere more striking than in the Netherlands, where a coalition supported by the far right has pushed a policy to restrict foreign students’ access to Dutch universities.
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Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune Europe, 17 Aug. 2024
The Wall Street Journal reported last August that the company was under investigation by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission into whether its imports of monkeys violate anti-foreign bribery laws.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 4 June 2024
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
Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune Europe, 17 Aug. 2024
The Wall Street Journal reported last August that the company was under investigation by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission into whether its imports of monkeys violate anti-foreign bribery laws.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 4 June 2024
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for anti-foreign
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But the social media posts also included many detractors, with some devolving into Islamophobic and xenophobic rhetoric.—
Angie Leventis Lourgos,
Chicago Tribune,
3 May 2026
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Following the song, the stadium announcer requested fans not use racist, homophobic or xenophobic chants, with a similar message displayed on a big screen in the ground.—
Luke Bosher,
New York Times,
1 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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At the end of the day, all Calvert and Kim are doing is pandering to the nativist base of their party in hopes of getting another two years over in the Swamp.—
Sal Rodriguez,
Oc Register,
15 Apr. 2026
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Eventually, that nativist turn would take America into a series of constitutional crises and to the edge of some American version of fascism.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Apr. 2026
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Each show will include 300 drones, patriotic activities and other entertainment.—
Finch Walker,
USA Today,
8 May 2026
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Exactly how the organization intends to fuse patriotic pageantry with a global soccer tournament remains unclear.—
SPIN Staff,
SPIN,
8 May 2026
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This administration has unleashed a disgusting anti-immigrant agenda.—
Lucas Robinson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 May 2026
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With nearly 90 chapters, it's been described by watchdogs as one of the country's fastest growing white supremacist networks, that are antisemitic, anti-immigrant, and anti-democracy.—
Lesley Stahl,
CBS News,
3 May 2026
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“Anti-foreign.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anti-foreign. Accessed 16 May. 2026.
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