WebThe History of the Word 'Xenophobia' The word isn't as old as you might think Xenophobia —"fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners"—has the look and feel of a word that has been in the English language for hundreds of years, borne of the tumultuous political climates …

WebXenophobia in popular literature targeted Germans in the early 20th centuries, based on fears of militarism and espionage. The extent and the targets of racist attitudes in the …

WebThe United States has always been a nation of immigrants—and seemingly also always a nation suffused with xenophobia, a fear or hatred of those same immigrants. In 1750, …

WebXenophobia itself came to us by way of New Latin and first appeared in print in English in the late 19th century. Example Sentences Recent Examples on the Web The third …

WebXenophobia is an extreme, intense fear and dislike of customs, cultures, and people considered strange, unusual, or unknown. The term itself comes from Greek, where …

Webword-forming element meaning "excessive or irrational fear, horror, or aversion," from Latin -phobia and directly from Greek -phobia "panic fear of," from phobos "fear" (see phobia ). …

WebXenophobia (ZEE-no-foe-bee-uh) is dislike, hatred, or fear of outsiders. This can manifest as hostility toward immigrants, but it can also manifest as hatred toward members of …

WebThe word “xenophobia” has its origin in two Greek words “xenos”, meaning “foreigner “or “stranger”, and “phobos”, meaning “fear”. Manifestations of xenophobia are usually …

WebThe United States was ostensibly founded as a nation of immigrants, but xenophobia has been embedded in its history since the beginning. In 1751, 25 years before the signing of …

WebXenophobia found justification in the work of early-20th-century scientists, who claimed that random physical traits like skull shape demonstrated the inferiority of certain races.