xenophobia

English

Etymology

From xeno- +‎ -phobia.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /zɛnəˈfəʊbɪə/
Rhymes: -əʊbiə
Audio (CA) (file)

Noun

xenophobia (countable and uncountable, plural xenophobias)

A fear of strangers or foreigners.
A strong antipathy or aversion to strangers or foreigners.

Synonyms

xenophoby (rare)

Antonyms

xenomania
xenophilia
xenophily
allophilia (more general)

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Translations

a pathological fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners

Afrikaans: xenofobie (af)
Albanian: ksenofobi (sq)
Arabic: رُهَاب اَلْأَجَانِب‎ m (ruhāb al-ʾajānib), كَرْه اَلْأَجَانِب‎ m (karh al-ʾajānib)
Armenian: այլատյացություն (hy) (aylatyacʿutʿyun), քսենոֆոբիա (hy) (kʿsenofobia)
Asturian: xenofobia f
Azerbaijani: ksenofobiya
Basque: xenofobia (eu)
Belarusian: ксенафобія f (ksjenafóbija)
Bulgarian: ксенофобия f (ksenofobija)
Catalan: xenofòbia f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 排外主義, 排外主义 (páiwàizhǔyì), 仇外 (chóuwài), 排外 (zh) (páiwài), 外國人恐懼症, 外国人恐惧症 (wàiguórén kǒngjùzhèng)
Czech: xenofobie (cs) f
Danish: xenofobi (da)
Dutch: xenofobie (nl), vreemdelingenhaat (nl) c
Esperanto: ksenofobio
Estonian: ksenofoobia (et)
Finnish: ksenofobia (fi), muukalaisviha (fi)
French: xénophobie (fr)
Galician: xenofobia (gl) f
Georgian: ქსენოფობია (ka) (ksenopobia), უცხოს სიძულვილი (ucxos siʒulvili), უცხოსადმი შიში (ucxosadmi šiši)
German: Fremdenfeindlichkeit (de) f, (scientific) Xenophobie (de) f, Fremdenhass (de) m
Greek: ξενοφοβία (el) f (xenofovía)
Hebrew: שנאת זרים‎ (sinát zarím)
Hindi: अज्ञातव्यक्तिभीति f (agyātavyaktibhīti)
Hungarian: xenofóbia (hu), idegengyűlölet (hu)
Icelandic: útlendingahatur
Ido: xenofobio

Indonesian: xenofobia (id)
Irish: seineafóibe f
Italian: xenofobia (it) f
Japanese: 外国人恐怖症 (がいこくじんきょうふしょう, gaikokujin kyōfushō), 外国人排斥 (がいこくじんはいせき, gaikokujin haiseki), 外国人嫌悪 (がいこくじんけんお, gaikokujin ken'o), 排外主義 (はいがいしゅぎ, haigaishugi), 外国人嫌い (がいこくじんぎらい, gaikokujin-girai)
Karachay-Balkar: ксенофобия
Kazakh: үргедектік (ürgedektik)
Korean: 외국인혐오증 (oegugin-hyeomojeung)
Latvian: ksenofobija
Lithuanian: ksenofobija (lt) f
Macedonian: ксенофобија f (ksenofobija)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: xenofobi (no) m, fremmedfrykt m

Nynorsk: xenofobi m
Persian: بیگانه‌هراسی‎ (fa) (bigâne-harâsi), گزنوفوبی‎ (gzenofobi) (dated)
Polish: ksenofobia (pl) f
Portuguese: xenofobia (pt) f
Romanian: xenofobie (ro)
Russian: ксенофо́бия (ru) f (ksenofóbija), неприя́знь к иностранцам f (neprijáznʹ k inostrancam), не́нависть к иностранцам f (nénavistʹ k inostrancam)
Serbo-Croatian: ксенофобија f, ksenofobija (sh) f
Slovak: xenofóbia (sk) f
Slovene: ksenofobija (sl) f
Spanish: xenofobia (es) f
Swedish: främlingsfientlighet (sv)
Thai: ความเกลียดกลัวต่างชาติ (kwaam glìat glua dtàang châat)
Turkish: zenofobi (tr), yabancı korkusu
Ukrainian: ксенофобія f (ksenofobija)
Vietnamese: tinh bài ngoại
Volapük: foginananeflenäl

xenophobia

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