as in nativism
fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners
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Recent Examples of xenophobia
None of them had anything of note to say, not of their communities being targeted by mass deportations under the Trump administration, or of the attacks on diversity, equity, and inclusion, or of how the rise of anti-Latine and anti-immigrant xenophobia in the U.S. is harming our young people.
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Cristina Escobar, refinery29.com, 3 Mar. 2025
In his second term, Trump has doubled down on the cruelty and xenophobia of his first administration.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 19 Mar. 2025
Even if those two men didn’t make it out of Europe alive, the unspeakable acts carried out in the name of Adolf Hitler’s Third Reich would still live on in infamy, reminding humanity what blind hatred and xenophobia could lead to if a society wasn’t careful.
—Josh Weiss, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
His quest for the American dream takes a few turns from there in director Brady Corbet’s historical epic, which weaves in postwar xenophobia, class warfare and legacy in a darkly honest immigrant story.
—Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2025
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Cristina Escobar, refinery29.com, 3 Mar. 2025
In his second term, Trump has doubled down on the cruelty and xenophobia of his first administration.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 19 Mar. 2025
Even if those two men didn’t make it out of Europe alive, the unspeakable acts carried out in the name of Adolf Hitler’s Third Reich would still live on in infamy, reminding humanity what blind hatred and xenophobia could lead to if a society wasn’t careful.
—Josh Weiss, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
His quest for the American dream takes a few turns from there in director Brady Corbet’s historical epic, which weaves in postwar xenophobia, class warfare and legacy in a darkly honest immigrant story.
—Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for xenophobia
Noun
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There was not a hint of nativism about him, however.—
Jay Nordlinger,
National Review,
28 Mar. 2025
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Departing from this austere nativism, Zibakalam offered instead a deep, comparative study of European and Iranian history, dating back to medieval times.—
Arash Azizi,
The Atlantic,
12 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The national community could be knit together without indulging the chauvinism of belligerence.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
The New Yorker,
19 Feb. 2025
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American chauvinism and solipsism leads them to believe every country would love to join America.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
Newsweek,
9 Jan. 2025
Noun
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And jingoism, idiotic, is not patriotism.—
Jay Nordlinger,
National Review,
7 Mar. 2025
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Kavi Singh is a star of the genre known as Hindutva pop, a mixture of jingoism and danceable beats.—
Robert F. Worth,
The Atlantic,
2 Jan. 2025
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“Xenophobia.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/xenophobia. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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