Xenophobia

What do we mean by xenophobia?

A fear of strangers or foreigners.

A fear of aliens.

A strong antipathy or aversion to strangers or foreigners.

Taken to the extreme, an irrational fear of strangers or more broadly, a fear of those who are different. Taken in a more moderate way, a rational fear of those who are different in some significant way, such as race, ethnicity, culture, politics, religion. Since people live together in families and communities where blood ties and cultural similarities foster cooperation, those who are different undermine this social solidarity. The very presence of people who are different in appearance or belief or language make the majority of people in a community wary of those who do not share a common interest in preserving the dominant group. This fear is justified since people naturally view those who look, believe, and act in a similar manner as extensions of themselves. Since people are naturally selfish, they will lend aid and befriend those whom they see as similar to themselves. Conversely, since people are naturally selfish and seek to dominate others to enhance their own power, they will naturally first seek to dominate those who are different. People who are different are more likely to be seen as objects rather than fellow humans. When confronted with these threats to social cooperation based on viewing others as objects, it is rational to foster laws, social and economic policy, and attitudes that preserve one's own kind in power. To do otherwise is to hand power over to those who will destroy one's own way of life, culture, and political system. Political power as well as cultural and social power are zero-sum games. When one group gains in the same geographical region, other groups must lose. Urban Dictionary

Having a fear or hatred of foreigners; racism Urban Dictionary

One of humanity's poorer acquisitions; being scared of multi-ethnicism. Urban Dictionary

The belief that your country is the best and no other compares. This is often due to ignorance and stereotypes Urban Dictionary

A fear of the evil alien from Scientology. Urban Dictionary

1) 99.99% of all Conservatives. 2) An irrational, and usually unfounded fear of foreigners. 3) A word often seen in SAT practice books/tests, but rarely used in everyday speech or text. Urban Dictionary

An irrationally-biased/prejudiced/hateful attitude regarding "foreign" incandescent bulbs which contain any of those "fancy gases" like xenon; said closed-minded person prefers instead to simply stick with "regular 'n' domestic" plain-tungsten-filamented lamps. Urban Dictionary

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The term 'xenophobia' is typically used to denote a phobic attitude towards foreigners or strangers, or even of the unknown. Racism in general is described as a form of xenophobia. Urban Dictionary

Intense or irrational dislike or mostly fear of the worlds best mineman pvper Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to xenophobia:
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Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word xenophobia:
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Words that rhyme with xenophobia:
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Adjectives that are often used to describe xenophobia:
chinese, traditional, general, latent, american, popular, extreme, russian, cultural, intense, violent, british, widespread, virulent, local, national, simple, german, strong, french, english, religious, racial, japanese, racist, mere, western, rampant, natural, soviet, outright, wartime, rabid, generalized, official, nationalistic, aggressive, spanish, seated, mild, inherent, ethnic, pure, irrational, anti, european, blind, mexican, populist, linguistic, hysterical, paranoid, passionate, fierce, arab, rooted, overt, deep, contemporary, narrow, acute, native, postwar, crude, universal, fanatical, ugly, class, nativist, wing, historic, sheer, urban, tribal, irish, provincial, ingrained, ferocious, patriotic, militant.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective xenophobia:
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Words that sound like xenophobia:
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