ANTI-IMMIGRANT Synonyms: 15 Similar and Opposite Words

anti-immigrant

adjective

Definition of anti-immigrant

as in xenophobic

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Dissimilar Words

internationalist

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Recent Examples of anti-immigrant In Soweto, anti-immigrant protesters marched through town wielding sticks and flags, with plans to go search for undocumented immigrants. — Reuters, NBC news, 9 July 2026 That distinction remains critical in South Florida, where many Venezuelans fear criminal narratives can quickly fuel broader anti-immigrant sentiment. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 1 July 2026 The film was effectively banned from being screened and advertised in Boll's home country, where it was produced, out of concern that its extreme depictions of anti-immigrant violence may inspire copycat attacks. — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 29 June 2026 Torres lamented that the nation’s landmark semiquincentennial comes amid a fever pitch of anti-immigrant sentiment in the United States, marked by a rise in xenophobia and an onslaught of attempts to restrict newcomers here and abroad. — Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 28 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for anti-immigrant

Recent Examples of Synonyms for anti-immigrant

Adjective

Latinos have been not only frequent targets of nativism and xenophobic violence but also supporters — regularly enforcers — of it.

— Eladio Bobadilla, Mercury News, 6 Aug. 2026
Published a year after the start of the Iraq War, Foer’s rosy look at globalization was already passé as the US took on a more aggressive, hostile, and xenophobic posture to the rest of the world.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 July 2026

Definition of xenophobic

Adjective

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin has taken unfair flak from nativist elements of the MAGA base.

— Editorial Board, Washington Post, 4 Aug. 2026
The tension between the need for new workers and resurgent nativist politics will influence who comes, who settles and who is counted among the ancestors of future generations.

— Albert Sun, New York Times, 2 July 2026

Definition of nativist

Adjective

The drug’s relative obscurity has allowed its champions to shake off the baggage of the nineteen-sixties, and to position its use, not as hippie hedonism but as a medical intervention compatible with patriotic duty and Christian faith.

— Michelle Lhooq, New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2026
Star sprinkles capped off the red, white and blue patriotic effect.

— Chiara Kim, PEOPLE, 3 Aug. 2026