anti-immigrant

Definition of anti-immigrantnext

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Recent Examples of anti-immigrant Labour was squeezed from the right and the left, losing votes to both anti-immigrant Reform UK and the Green Party, as well as nationalist parties in Scotland and Wales. Pan Pylas, Fortune, 13 May 2026 This administration has unleashed a disgusting anti-immigrant agenda. Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026 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 With the broader rise in anti-immigrant rhetoric, such claims warrant systematic examination. Sarah Mohiuddin, STAT, 30 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for anti-immigrant
Recent Examples of Synonyms for anti-immigrant
Adjective
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
Adjective
  • The patriotic initiative began on Veterans Day 2025 and will conclude on the July 4 weekend.
    Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 15 May 2026
  • The politics that Starmer embodies is cautious, patriotic, a little square.
    Sam Knight, New Yorker, 14 May 2026

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“Anti-immigrant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anti-immigrant. Accessed 22 May. 2026.

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