as in nativism
fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners
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Recent Examples of xenophobia
Creatures were used as a vehicle to tell stories about xenophobia, sexuality, challenging God, questioning one’s identity, the inherent violence of mankind, and the fear of the unknown.
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B.j. Colangelo, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2024
By contrast, Trump, in his third presidential bid, has espoused a fevered xenophobia, vilifying immigrants as predatory criminals and laying out draconian plans to repress immigration, not fix it.
—Julia Preston, Foreign Affairs, 25 Oct. 2024
But nationalism, xenophobia and anti-Japanese sentiment are on the rise in the country, often fanned by state media.
—Junko Ogura, CNN, 19 Sep. 2024
Horwitz is a filmmaker from the Southwest borderlands, whose work navigates the impact of militarization and xenophobia on the region’s inhabitants.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2024
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B.j. Colangelo, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2024
By contrast, Trump, in his third presidential bid, has espoused a fevered xenophobia, vilifying immigrants as predatory criminals and laying out draconian plans to repress immigration, not fix it.
—Julia Preston, Foreign Affairs, 25 Oct. 2024
But nationalism, xenophobia and anti-Japanese sentiment are on the rise in the country, often fanned by state media.
—Junko Ogura, CNN, 19 Sep. 2024
Horwitz is a filmmaker from the Southwest borderlands, whose work navigates the impact of militarization and xenophobia on the region’s inhabitants.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for xenophobia
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Maybe the coalition could infuse some of Trump’s old instincts (the nativism, the unending crusade against a pervasive enemy) with a new sense of purpose (more working-class cred, a turn toward economic populism).Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2024
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Elon Musk, an immigrant, has immersed himself in nativism.Eli Hager, ProPublica, 25 Oct. 2024
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Battling chauvinism within the surfing community - and debilitating injuries - Gabeira finally got her wave, at Nazare, estimated at 73.5 feet, a woman’s record.Jim Clash, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
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There’s a lot of winking and smirking between the two of them, which defuses the crass chauvinism that guides the whole play.Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 24 July 2024
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But this initial scrape between Magneto’s henchmen and Professor Xavier’s gifted youngsters somehow managed to be fun, set the tone for an entire genre, and use the witch hunt at the center of its plot to anticipate the jingoism that exploded across the United States in the aftermath of 9/11.Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 31 July 2024
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Shaman, a singer whose pro-Kremlin jingoism has catapulted him to popularity amid wartime fervor, was scheduled to take the stage a day later.Michael Schwirtz, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2024
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“Xenophobia.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/xenophobia. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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