xenophobe
Dreads the unfamiliar
A xenophobe is someone who fears or dislikes foreigners, foreign cultures, or things perceived as foreign.
The term carries strong negative connotations—to call someone a xenophobe is to accuse them of irrational prejudice: The candidate's anti-immigrant rhetoric appealed to xenophobes.
The related noun is xenophobia, the adjective xenophobic.
Persistent apprehensive distress
- dreadIntense anticipatory fear
- paranoiaIrrational persecution fears
- suspicionSense of unease about motives
- warinessCautious distrust
apprehension · unease · distrust · misgiving · alarm · trepidation · aversion · panic
Non-native person
- immigrantOne who resettles abroad
- refugeePerson fleeing danger abroad
- migrantOne who relocates
- alienNon-native being
noncitizen · expatriate · newcomer · outsider · stranger · other · nonnative · undocumented
One prejudiced by ethnicity
- nativistAnti-immigration advocate
- chauvinistBiased group supremacist
- supremacistBeliever in group dominance
- anti-immigrantOpposing foreign newcomers
ethnocentrist · segregationist · exclusionist · jingoist · nationalist · fascist · far-right · anti-Semite
Active, bitter hostility
- antipathyIngrained, intense aversion
- resentmentPersistent bitter displeasure
- antagonismActive opposition or hostility
- aggressionHostile or attacking behavior
hatred · malice · spite · belligerence · contempt · scorn · derision · vilification
Biased against a group
- narrow-mindedIntolerant of differing views
- biasedUnfairly favoring one side
- closed-mindedUnreceptive to new ideas
- insularNarrow in outlook
parochial · provincial · myopic · illiberal · unwelcoming · exclusionary · discriminatory · unfair
anxiety
Persistent apprehensive distress
- dreadIntense anticipatory fear
- paranoiaIrrational persecution fears
- suspicionSense of unease about motives
wariness · apprehension · unease · distrust · misgiving · alarm · trepidation · aversion · panic · terror
foreigner
Non-native person
alien · noncitizen · expatriate · newcomer · outsider · stranger · other · nonnative · undocumented · diaspora
racist
One prejudiced by ethnicity
- nativistAnti-immigration advocate
- chauvinistBiased group supremacist
- supremacistBeliever in group dominance
anti-immigrant · ethnocentrist · segregationist · exclusionist · jingoist · nationalist · fascist · far-right · anti-Semite · white nationalist
animosity
Active, bitter hostility
- antipathyIngrained, intense aversion
- resentmentPersistent bitter displeasure
- antagonismActive opposition or hostility
aggression · hatred · malice · spite · belligerence · contempt · scorn · derision · vilification · persecution
prejudiced
Biased against a group
- narrow-mindedIntolerant of differing views
- biasedUnfairly favoring one side
- closed-mindedUnreceptive to new ideas
insular · parochial · provincial · myopic · illiberal · unwelcoming · exclusionary · discriminatory · unfair · jaundiced
- bigotsbigot, bigots, racist, racists, sexist
- phobicsclaustrophobe, hydrophobe, technophobe, homophobe, aerophobe
- nationalistspatriot, nationalist, ultranationalist, ethnonationalist, flag waver
xenophobexenophile
Lover of foreignness
cosmopolitan · internationalist · multiculturalist · globalist · Anglophile
xenophobecosmopolitan
Culturally sophisticated, internationally fluent
integrationist · pluralist · multiculturalist · global citizen · humanist