antiforeigner

Hostile to immigrants

Antiforeigner describes hostility toward people from other countries.

The term characterizes attitudes, policies, or movements that oppose immigration or treat outsiders with suspicion: antiforeigner sentiment has risen during economic downturns, The party's antiforeigner rhetoric intensified before the election.

Also spelled anti-foreigner.

bias

nativism

Preference for native-born citizens

discrimination · bigotry · partiality · favoritism · stereotyping · othering · scapegoating · profiling · supremacism · cultural bias

ideology

xenophobia

Hatred of outsiders

nativism · ethnonationalism · populism · far-right · white nationalism · blood and soil · national identity · Brexit

policy

protectionism

Shielding local producers

exclusionary · border closure · travel ban · quota system · visa restriction · refugee ban · expulsion · repatriation · detention · internment

hostility

animosity

Active, bitter hostility

aggression · aversion · animus · ill-will · malevolence · belligerence · hate crime · persecution · harassment · intimidation

Opposites
attitude toward foreigners/outsiders

antiforeignerwelcoming

Receiving others warmly

hospitable · tolerant · accepting · inclusive · embracing

worldview regarding cultural diversity

antiforeignercosmopolitan

Culturally sophisticated, internationally fluent

internationalist · multiculturalist · globalist · pluralist · multicultural

Family

antiforeign

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