xenofobia

See also: xenofóbia and xenofòbia

English

Etymology

Compare Dutch xenofobie, Portuguese xenofobia, Spanish xenofobia, and Turkish zenofobi.

Noun

xenofobia (uncountable)

1. (non-native speakers' English) Misspelling of xenophobia.
   • 1997 April 16, ri20556, “From AUSTRIA - from Portugal”, in soc.college.org.aiesec‎^[1] (Usenet), retrieved 2022-04-18:

     Greetings from Brigite from Portugal to Austria!
     What do I know about your country?
     Hardly nothing! I only know that you speak German, your capital is Vienna and that you have very beatifull^[sic] palaces. oh yes, and that the film of "Sissi" was made there! (Actually I liked it a lot!)
     What prejudices?
     I heard of a lot of xenofobia and racism... is it true?

   • 1998 August 25, Dela, “Restaurants in Brugges?^[sic]”, in rec.travel.europe‎^[2] (Usenet), retrieved 2022-04-18:

     As an ex-inhabitant of Bruges, I'm sorry to read posts with complaints about bad behaviour in restaurants towards tourists. The problem is that in Bruges there are so many tourists that in some restaurants the Brugeois are in a 'minority'. Sometimes restaurant owners try to profile themselves as 'non-tourist' to attract more people from Bruges.
     Though I completely lack any feeling of xenofobia, I must say it is weird to be in a restaurant in your home-town and to be amongst only tourists. It makes you feel like being in a tourist trap - I'm sure the average tourist feels the same about that.

   • 1998 November 7, pipe...@my-dejanews.com, “SEVEN MORE REPRESENTATIVES JOIN ARMENIAN CAUCUS (fwd)”, in soc.culture.turkish‎^[3] (Usenet), retrieved 2022-04-18:

     Genocide is not a mistake. It is delibarete^[sic] attempt to exterminate a people out of racial prejudice. Nobody exterminates anybody because they are an inconveniency,^[sic] as you suggest. Armenians and Turks have coexisted peacefully in the Empire before 1915. Armenians and Turks coexist peacefully in Turkey today. So what was it, a brief attack of xenofobia by the young Turks? come on. You may consider this qubbling^[sic] over a fine point, it is exactly that point you are trying to smear us with.

   • 2002 August 29, Rafa, “Education in CzR”, in soc.culture.czecho-slovak‎^[4] (Usenet), retrieved 2022-04-18:

     Also i see a shade of xenofobia in this treatment and i dont like this. In spain there are also people who see the tourists as inferior beings, not me.

Asturian

Noun

xenofobia f (uncountable)

1. xenophobia (a pathological fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners)

Galician

Noun

xenofobia f (uncountable)

1. xenophobia

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from English xenophobia, from xeno- + -phobia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /(k)sɛ.nɔ.fɔˈbi.a/
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: xe‧no‧fo‧bia

Noun

xenofobia

1. xenophobia
   1. a hatred of strangers or foreigners
   2. a fear of strangers or foreigners
   3. a strong antipathy or aversion to strangers or foreigners
   4. a fear of aliens

Italian

Etymology

From xeno- +‎ -fobia.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ia

• IPA^(key): /kse.no.foˈbi.a/
• Rhymes: -ia
• Hyphenation: xe‧no‧fo‧bì‧a

Noun

xenofobia f (plural xenofobie)

1. xenophobia

Related terms

• xenofobico
• xenofobo

Malay

Etymology

From English xenophobia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xenoˈfobja/ [xe.noˈfo.bja]
• Hyphenation: xé‧no‧fo‧bia

Noun

xénofobia (Jawi spelling کسينوفوبيا, plural xenofobia-xenofobia, informal 1st possessive xenofobiaku, 2nd possessive xenofobiamu, 3rd possessive xenofobianya)

1. xenophobia

Further reading

• “xenofobia” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Occitan

Etymology

From xeno- +‎ -fobia.

Noun

xenofobia f (plural xenofobias)

1. xenophobia

Further reading

• Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 738.

Portuguese

Etymology

From xeno- +‎ -fobia.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃe.no.foˈbi.ɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃe.no.foˈbi.ɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃe.no.foˈbi.a/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʃɨ.nɔ.fuˈbi.ɐ/ [ʃɨ.nɔ.fuˈβi.ɐ], /ˌʃɛ.nɔ.fuˈbi.ɐ/ [ˌʃɛ.nɔ.fuˈβi.ɐ]

• Hyphenation: xe‧no‧fo‧bi‧a

Noun

xenofobia f (plural xenofobias)

1. xenophobia (fear or hatred of foreigners)

   Synonym: xenofobismo

Related terms

• xenofóbico
• xenófobo

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kse.no.foˈbi.e/

Noun

xenofobia f

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of xenofobie

Spanish

Etymology

From xeno- +‎ -fobia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /senoˈfobja/ [se.noˈfo.β̞ja]

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• Rhymes: -obja
• Syllabification: xe‧no‧fo‧bia

Noun

xenofobia f (plural xenofobias)

1. xenophobia

   Antonym: endofobia

Related terms

• xenófobo

 

Further reading

• “xenofobia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10