x-word
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.93 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The word xenophobia.
noun
noun
One of a group of fundamental English auxiliary or modal verb forms.
Example Sentences
- "The “X word[”] / Although the conference extensively referred to the nation’s need for “social cohesion” among migrants and South Africans, the word “xenophobia” was almost never uttered during the two-day affair."
- "Before one uses the X-word to describe people with less-liberal views on immigration, one should recall its meaning – an extreme or irrational dislike or fear of people from other countries."
- "Bitter NY Times Throws Around X-Word (Xenophobia), Threat of Violence to Insult Pro-Brexit"
- "In the past fortnight, following a fresh outbreak of xenophobic violence in Durban, President Cyril Ramaphosa condemned the “violence against foreign nationals in South Africa”, without mentioning the x-word."
- "I hope they use my classic thread of REAL xenophobia OUTSIDE of the USA, since the X-word is thrown around like bread at pigeons."
- "After Dieter got up from solving his Stern-Xword puzzle―I was hanging over his shoulders ... in order to fill some ... spaces in the crossword puzzle[.]"
Etymology
From x, abbreviating xenophobia, + word.
Word Breakdown
- Prefix: x-