/ English Dictionary |
XENOPHOBIA
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A fear of foreigners or strangers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("xenophobia" is a kind of...):
social phobia (any phobia (other than agoraphobia) associated with situations in which you are subject to criticism by others (as fear of eating in public or public speaking etc))
Derivation:
xenophobic (suffering from xenophobia; having abnormal fear or hatred of the strange or foreign)