as in nativism
fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners
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Recent Examples of xenophobia
The vice president’s comments landed especially hard in a country where migration and xenophobia are both potent forces shaping national politics.
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Karen Gilchrist, CNBC, 14 Feb. 2025
Kids have a natural curiosity, as well as fear (xenophobia) of what's foreign.
—Gord Magill, Newsweek, 21 Dec. 2024
Those predictions have galvanized the political right, combining a sense of cultural decline with xenophobia to persuade voters that a return to traditional American values — which means more child-rearing — is the solution.
—Dylan Scott, Vox, 5 Feb. 2025
Stone often wrote against the grain of the patriarchy, sexism, xenophobia, manifest destiny, and colonialism that characterized many other efforts the field.
—Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 5 Feb. 2025
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Karen Gilchrist, CNBC, 14 Feb. 2025
Kids have a natural curiosity, as well as fear (xenophobia) of what's foreign.
—Gord Magill, Newsweek, 21 Dec. 2024
Those predictions have galvanized the political right, combining a sense of cultural decline with xenophobia to persuade voters that a return to traditional American values — which means more child-rearing — is the solution.
—Dylan Scott, Vox, 5 Feb. 2025
Stone often wrote against the grain of the patriarchy, sexism, xenophobia, manifest destiny, and colonialism that characterized many other efforts the field.
—Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 5 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for xenophobia
Noun
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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
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Though these mass migrations triggered a wave of nativism, the nation was nevertheless able to quickly assimilate the new arrivals.—
Marcela Valdes,
New York Times,
18 Jan. 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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On a war of old; the identity of Jimmy Lai; Judge Webster vs. Kash Patel; patriotism vs. jingoism; and more For many years after 2001, the New York City skyline was an affront to me.—
Jay Nordlinger,
National Review,
7 Mar. 2025
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Does the industry have its new Medium Cool moment, pushing back on a president who dubs anti-American any art that doesn’t fit his politics of jingoism and exclusion?—
Steven Zeitchik,
The Hollywood Reporter,
26 Feb. 2025
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“Xenophobia.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/xenophobia. Accessed 26 Mar. 2025.
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