XENOPHOBIC Synonyms: 15 Similar and Opposite Words

xenophobic

adjective

Definition of xenophobic

as in nativist

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Recent Examples of xenophobic But foreigners have also experienced sporadic outbursts of xenophobic violence. — ABC News, 11 Sep. 2026 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, 23 July 2026 Africa’s biggest economy has been on a knife edge for months over growing anti-migrant sentiment and xenophobic violence in a society where one in three is unemployed, and municipal services are deteriorating. — Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 13 July 2026 The group traces the country’s history of xenophobic attacks back to 2008, when 62 people—including 21 South Africans, 11 Mozambicans, 5 Zimbabweans and 3 Somalis—were killed in riots targeting refugees. — Rebecca Schneid, Time, 1 July 2026 The latest tensions have revived memories of the xenophobic violence of 2008, which killed at least 62 people and displaced thousands. — Nimi Princewill, CNN Money, 29 June 2026 In 2008, xenophobic riots left more than 60 dead — some burned alive by mobs — and tens of thousands displaced. — Kate Bartlett, NPR, 25 June 2026 The demonstrations follow weeks of violent xenophobic attacks and growing pressure on businesses to hire only South Africans. — Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 18 June 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for xenophobic

Adjective

At large right-wing events, young conservatives have consistently espoused a deeply nativist strain of politics, and expressed their fandom of Fuentes and his politics.

— Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 20 Aug. 2026
Not that extricating supply chains from China is sufficient in today’s nativist political climate.

— Charlie Campbell, Time, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of nativist

Adjective

Dover, about 70 miles (110 kilometers) southeast of London, has been the site of previous anti-immigrant protests focused on migrants who cross the Channel from France in small boats.

— ABC News, ABC News, 5 Sep. 2026
The town has been the site of previous anti-immigrant protests focused on migrants who cross the English Channel from France in small boats.

— Jill Lawless, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of anti-immigrant

Adjective

In the 1910s, hems rose a few inches higher—in a practical and patriotic response to the Great War—and opaque fine mesh styles in geometric patterns became popular.

— April White, JSTOR Daily, 2 Sep. 2026
Even among the worldliest of us, an unexpected roundabout can trigger a fireworks-and-bald-eagles display of patriotic rage.

— AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of patriotic

Adjective

From Xi Jinping’s quest to regain China’s glory, to Vladimir Putin’s attempts at a new Russian empire, to the rise of populist anti-foreign attitudes in the United States, Britain, Germany, and France, negative views of others underpin many of the conflicts in today’s world.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 May 2026
Demilitarizing those areas now would mean surrendering the CCP’s solemn mission to make China whole again and, consequently, diminishing its ability to use anti-foreign nationalism as a source of legitimacy.

— Michael Beckley, Foreign Affairs, 22 Aug. 2023

Definition of anti-foreign

Adjective

Then, as now, the cable system reached only the five boroughs of New York City, giving NY1 a loyal, concentrated audience of more than 1 million daily viewers in the capital of media and finance.

— Dade Hayes, Deadline, 11 Sep. 2026
Wings fan held family close to his heart Frank Doyle, 39, formerly of New Boston and Bloomfield Hills, was a loyal Detroit Red Wings fan.

— Sheryl Lee, Freep.com, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of loyal

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