xenophobic
/ˌzi.nəˈfoʊ.bɪk/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.06 in modern English
26
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Exhibiting or characterised by xenophobia, a fear or hatred of strangers, foreigners, or extraterrestial life.
noun
A xenophobe.
Example Sentences
- "Residents of Plettenberg Bay this week launched violent xenophobic attacks on foreign Africans living in informal settlements, beating them and ransacking their houses"
- "It has not yet promised much in the way of serious debate about the migrant crisis or the EU’s failure to tackle it in a humane and coordinated manner, in the context of the Italian government’s increasingly xenophobic policies."
- "Fox News Channel host Tucker Carlson, who often spreads xenophobic arguments, has ardently embraced the charge that Democrats are “trying to replace the current electorate – the voters now casting ballots – with new people, more obedient voters from the Third World.”"
- "So Buzz Bissinger sees fit that we give up on the ideal of Olympism and give in to xenophobics, terrorists, drug abusers, profiteers and human rights abusers?"
Etymology
From xeno- + -phobic, from Ancient Greek ξένος (xénos, “foreign, strange”) + φόβος (phóbos, “fear”).
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌzi.nəˈfoʊ.bɪk/
- British English: /ˌzɛn.əˈfəʊ.bɪk/