xenophobic
pronunciation
How to pronounce xenophobic in British English:
UK [ˌzenə'fəʊbɪk]
How to pronounce xenophobic in American English:
US [ˌzenə'foʊbɪk]
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- Adjective:
- suffering from xenophobia; having abnormal fear or hatred of the strange or foreign
Word Origin
- xenophobic (adj.)
- 1912, from xenophobia + -ic.
Example
- 1. Yet the political reaction has been furious and xenophobic .
- 2. Xenophobic fiddling with the share register helps nobody .
- 3. But the natives are not as xenophobic as their leaders suppose .
- 4. When we were silent no more , you say we were brainwashed - xenophobic .
- 5. Meanwhile xenophobic and nationalistic extremism are already on the rise in countries such as belgium the netherlands and italy .