Meaning

1 senses

  1. A xenophobe.

Examples

10 sentences

  1. Tom is xenophobic.

    Том ксенофоб. — deniko · CC BY 2.0 FR

    ruТом - ксенофоб. — marafon · CC BY 2.0 FR

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  2. Why are so many people xenophobic?

    ruПочему среди людей так много ксенофобов? — odexed

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  3. Apropos of nothing, Tom went on an unhinged xenophobic rant.

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  4. But like those enduring challenges, xenophobic attacks are also proving hard to wipe out.

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  5. They are very xenophobic.

    deDie sind sehr fremdenfeindlich. — Waldelfe

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Origin

From xeno- + -phobic, from Ancient Greek ξένος (xénos, “foreign, strange”) + φόβος (phóbos

From xeno- + -phobic, from Ancient Greek ξένος (xénos, “foreign, strange”) + φόβος (phóbos, “fear”).

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Forms

plural: xenophobics
Singularxenophobic
Pluralxenophobics

regular

Word family

1 related words
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See also

neighbours in the dictionary
xenomorphxenonxenophobexenophobiaxeroxxiaoxylophone

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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