xenophobias

Hatred of outsiders

Xenophobias is the plural of xenophobia, the fear or hatred of foreigners, foreign cultures, or things perceived as strange or alien.

The plural typically appears when distinguishing varieties or instances: The xenophobias of early 20th-century America targeted successive waves of immigrants.

More often the word appears as an uncountable noun.

political

nationalism

Devotion to one's country

border · deportation · protectionism · isolationism · citizenship · asylum · refugee · migration · policy · legislation

psychological

fear

Emotional response to threat

  • prejudicePreformed unfavorable opinion
  • biasUnfair inclination or prejudice
  • anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress

distrust · hostility · intolerance · aversion · suspicion · paranoia · tribalism · ingroup · outgroup · stereotype

social

racism

Prejudice based on ethnicity

segregation · marginalization · exclusion · persecution · violence · harassment · slur · targeting · profiling · minority

historical

genocide

Systematic annihilation of a people

internment · colonialism · expulsion · persecution · Nazi · diaspora · atrocity · massacre · purge · displacement

Opposites
attitude toward foreigners/outsiders

xenophobiastolerance

Willingness to accept difference

inclusiveness · hospitality · inclusivity · acceptance · open arms

cultural openness

xenophobiascosmopolitanism

Belief in shared humanity

multiculturalism · globalism · internationalism · interculturalism · worldliness

worldview scope

xenophobiasinternationalism

Favoring cooperation among nations

universalism · global citizenship · world citizenship · humanitarianism · borderlessness

Family

xenophobia, xenophobic

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