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Recent Examples of xenophobic
Even with an immigrant population of a mere three percent, xenophobic sentiment has been growing in Japan.
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Jeff Kingston, Time, 15 Feb. 2026
Top CEOs have aligned themselves with a xenophobic White House while relying heavily on an immigrant workforce.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 11 Feb. 2026
While undoubtedly xenophobic in nature, these questions highlight their acute ignorance about the place that birthed Bad Bunny, and its ongoing entanglement with the United States.
—Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2026
And God Created Woman, but in recent years, Bardot sparked controversy due to some of her more troubling opinions and faced legal troubles over racist and xenophobic comments.
—Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 7 Jan. 2026
Some of his controversial takes, though, were considered misogynistic, xenophobic, and racist by some.
—Jolene Almendarez, Cincinnati Enquirer, 7 Jan. 2026
But puny xenophobic humans won't ever see the light of Eywa?
—Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 19 Dec. 2025
To defeat the threat of a surging left, businessmen and nationalists colluded to countenance domestic culture wars, xenophobic nationalism, the erosion of constitutional norms, and outright violence, ultimately naming Hitler, a vulgar racist, as national executive.
—Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
They’ve been folded into xenophobic and antisemitic edits pining for an Aryan ethnostate.
—Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 24 Oct. 2025
Jeff Kingston, Time, 15 Feb. 2026
Top CEOs have aligned themselves with a xenophobic White House while relying heavily on an immigrant workforce.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 11 Feb. 2026
While undoubtedly xenophobic in nature, these questions highlight their acute ignorance about the place that birthed Bad Bunny, and its ongoing entanglement with the United States.
—Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2026
And God Created Woman, but in recent years, Bardot sparked controversy due to some of her more troubling opinions and faced legal troubles over racist and xenophobic comments.
—Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 7 Jan. 2026
Some of his controversial takes, though, were considered misogynistic, xenophobic, and racist by some.
—Jolene Almendarez, Cincinnati Enquirer, 7 Jan. 2026
But puny xenophobic humans won't ever see the light of Eywa?
—Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 19 Dec. 2025
To defeat the threat of a surging left, businessmen and nationalists colluded to countenance domestic culture wars, xenophobic nationalism, the erosion of constitutional norms, and outright violence, ultimately naming Hitler, a vulgar racist, as national executive.
—Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
They’ve been folded into xenophobic and antisemitic edits pining for an Aryan ethnostate.
—Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 24 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for xenophobic
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The wave of arrivals that began in the last decades of the 19th century sparked a range of nativist and exclusionary movements—particularly against East Asians—and considerable anxiety about those deemed too alien to integrate into the culture.—
Jake Lundberg,
The Atlantic,
29 Jan. 2026
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As in America, nativist anxieties have accelerated a reactionary political movement.—
Colton Valentine,
New Yorker,
24 Jan. 2026
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Ratcliffe’s comments align with the arguments made by Britain’s right-wing populist Reform UK party, which ties its anti-immigrant message to protecting the country.—
Issy Ronald,
CNN Money,
12 Feb. 2026
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What unsettles me just as deeply is the anti-immigrant mood on the ground.—
Valeng Cha,
Twin Cities,
8 Feb. 2026
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But in recent years, as American political debates have turned ever more into exhibits of vicious, mudslinging opposition rather than genuine ideological engagement, theater makers have gradually started to ask more pointed questions about the mixed legacy of this patriotic form.—
Talya Zax,
The Atlantic,
21 Feb. 2026
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Thousands stood in the blistering sun to hear the reading of the Declaration of Independence, but a small group of women gathered in America's birthplace had their own patriotic message to deliver.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
20 Feb. 2026
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Dutch Restrictions While across Europe anti-foreign sentiment keeps rising, limitations on foreign students are perhaps nowhere more striking than in the Netherlands, where a coalition supported by the far right has pushed a policy to restrict foreign students’ access to Dutch universities.—
Orianna Rosa Royle,
Fortune Europe,
17 Aug. 2024
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The Wall Street Journal reported last August that the company was under investigation by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission into whether its imports of monkeys violate anti-foreign bribery laws.—
Rachel Treisman,
NPR,
4 June 2024
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Middleton has been loyal to the iconic Le Pliage Original canvas bag since at least 2005.—
Alyssa Morin,
InStyle,
15 Feb. 2026
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They’re loved for being protective and loyal, and taking a romantic leap of faith could bring unexpected rewards.—
Annabel Gat,
Vogue,
14 Feb. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Xenophobic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/xenophobic. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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