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🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

xenofobia

Pronunciation / Transliteration: /ʃe.no.foˈbi.a/

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Xenophobia/ˌzɛn.əˈfoʊ.bi.ə/
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"A sociedade moderna deve rejeitar qualquer forma de xenofobia."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    Dislike of or prejudice against people from other countries.

    "The politicians appealed to nationalism and xenophobia to win votes."
  2. 2

    Fear or hatred of that which is foreign, strange, or unknown.

    "His hesitation to try foreign cuisines stemmed from a mild cultural xenophobia."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Greek words 'xenos', meaning 'stranger' or 'foreigner', and 'phobos', meaning 'fear'. Coined in the late 19th century to describe an intense or irrational dislike or fear of people from other countries.

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