xenophobic
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The Continent “produced the genius of Mozart and Beethoven,” and it isn’t narrow or xenophobic to feel pride in this; it is a just self-respect without which you won’t be able to continue in history.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026
At her next daily press conference, President Claudia Sheinbaum condemned the violence as "xenophobic".
From BBC • Aug. 29, 2025
That year also witnessed the death of 85-year-old former Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins and the passage of the Hart-Celler Immigration Act that abolished the xenophobic quota system put in place in the 1920s.
From Slate • Jan. 26, 2025
Molina would have understood the parallels between the deportations and xenophobic policies of her times.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 14, 2024
Background: In 1990 Albania ended 44 years of xenophobic communist rule and established a multiparty democracy.
From The 2002 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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