anti-immigrant

Definition of anti-immigrantnext

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Recent Examples of anti-immigrant Times have changed dramatically, and Labour’s recent battering came at the hands of the ascendant anti-immigrant Reform UK party on the right and, to a lesser-extent, the eco-populist Greens on the left. ABC News, 16 May 2026 Another Latino official, Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador, has been a staunch anti-immigrant voice in state government. Idaho Statesman, 16 May 2026 In Europe, especially, several far-right and nationalist parties have made electoral gains on anti-immigrant platforms, including in Germany, France, Austria, and Italy. Annie Hylton, New Yorker, 14 May 2026 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 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
  • Today, not only are these conditions under assault by a kleptocratic, nativist US federal government, but the clock seems also to be running out on their own internal contradictions.
    Katy Siegel, Artforum, 2 June 2026
  • 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
Adjective
  • Demand dipped during the Great Depression and Vietnam War and rose amid the patriotic fervor of World War II and the bicentennial.
    Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 6 June 2026
  • Boroff hit two home runs, including an eighth-inning grand slam into the patriotic bounce house in left field.
    Zach Dean OutKick, FOXNews.com, 6 June 2026

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“Anti-immigrant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anti-immigrant. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.

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