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xenophobia


xe·no·pho·bia

noun \ˌze-nə-ˈfō-bē-ə, ˌzē-\

Definition of XENOPHOBIA

: fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign
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Origin of XENOPHOBIA

New Latin
First Known Use: 1903

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Rhymes with XENOPHOBIA

acrophobia, aerophobia, agoraphobia, Anglophobia, claustrophobia, homophobia, hydrophobia, negrophobia, photophobia, technophobia

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