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xenophobia

[zen-uh-foh-bee-uh, zee-nuh-] / ˌzɛn əˈfoʊ bi ə, ˌzi nə- /


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Dubbed "Hodio", the tool will generate a report every six months with a table ranking each platform, according to the Spanish Observatory of Racism and Xenophobia, which will be responsible for implementing it.

From Barron's • Mar. 11, 2026

Xenophobia against immigrants has always existed, but it wasn’t always highlighted in the news.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 8, 2022

Xenophobia, Islamophobia, poverty, family dysfunction: All of the usual triggers are examined, but the author goes further, to show that radicalization is not inevitable.

From New York Times • Mar. 2, 2021

But by now, here’s a sport that may have settled on one of life’s great truths: Xenophobia, nationalism, patriotism, protectionism and sheer earnest concern all bow to another force.

From Washington Post • May 30, 2017

Xenophobia was further exacerbated by the Russian Revolution and the manufactured threat of Bolshevism, or the “Red Menace.”

From The New Yorker • Feb. 4, 2017




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