anti-immigrant

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Recent Examples of anti-immigrant Kirk was a provocateur who at times made statements that some called racist, misogynistic, anti-immigrant and transphobic. Aamer Madhani, Fortune, 21 Sep. 2025 Paul, however, is not the anti-immigrant hero Christian nationalists have waited for. John Fugelsang september 12, Literary Hub, 12 Sep. 2025 However, Magness argues that Hamilton pushed for the anti-immigrant measures and, after they were passed, complained that not enough deportations were taking place. Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 2 Sep. 2025 Many in his nationalist, anti-immigrant base would cheer him on, even if the end result is stronger cartels and less safety here at home. Miami Herald, 13 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for anti-immigrant
Recent Examples of Synonyms for anti-immigrant
Adjective
  • Another issue grabbing national attention is rising numbers of foreign residents and visitors, which has fueled widespread anti-foreigner sentiment that sometimes turns outright xenophobic.
    Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The first choice was a right-wing painter, whose xenophobic and nationalistic work, full of toxic masculinity, appealed to the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party.
    Joanna Warsza, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Many of the racist, nativist vulgarities spoken out loud in Paul Thomas Anderson’s marvelous new film One Battle After Another evoke sentiments that, in our world, first fomented online.
    Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2025
  • New York still needs such a place, even with a nativist-in-chief in the White House.
    Justin Davidson, Curbed, 9 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Then the patriotic hold music played.
    Catherine Lacey, New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2025
  • The state media and government representatives push militarism and self-sacrifice; school curricula endlessly celebrate Russian war victories; theaters obediently stage works of communist-era patriotic authors; and cities display army recruitment banners and hero worship posters.
    Nina Khrushcheva, Time, 3 Oct. 2025

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“Anti-immigrant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anti-immigrant. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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