as in nativism
fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners
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Recent Examples of xenophobia
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.
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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
And as the memories of the atrocity fade, the world is witnessing a resurgence of antisemitism, along with other xenophobia, and distortions of history.
—Natalia Romik / Madę By History, TIME, 27 Jan. 2025
With the passage of the Immigration Restriction Act, anti-Semitism and xenophobia became law of the land.
—Shoumita Dasgupta, The Conversation, 13 Jan. 2025
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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
And as the memories of the atrocity fade, the world is witnessing a resurgence of antisemitism, along with other xenophobia, and distortions of history.
—Natalia Romik / Madę By History, TIME, 27 Jan. 2025
With the passage of the Immigration Restriction Act, anti-Semitism and xenophobia became law of the land.
—Shoumita Dasgupta, The Conversation, 13 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for xenophobia
Noun
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Feldstein said there are common threads in the politicians and parties Musk supports: They’re rooted in nativism and supportive of deregulation.—
David Ingram,
NBC News,
16 Feb. 2025
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There were obvious policy components that attracted his supporters — nativism, protectionism, railing against elites — and Trump was wise enough to jettison unpopular parts of the old Republican platform, like slashing Social Security and waging new wars overseas.—
Ross Barkan,
New York Times,
25 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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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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Kavi Singh is a star of the genre known as Hindutva pop, a mixture of jingoism and danceable beats.—
Robert F. Worth,
The Atlantic,
2 Jan. 2025
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“Xenophobia.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/xenophobia. Accessed 11 Mar. 2025.
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