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单词 xenophobia
释义

xenophobian.

Brit. /ˌzɛnəˈfəʊbɪə/, U.S. /ˌzɛnəˈfoʊbiə/, /ˌzinəˈfoʊbiə/
Forms:

α. 1800s– xenophobia, 1900s– zenophobia (non-standard).

β. 1900s– xenophoby.

Etymology: < xeno- comb. form + -phobia comb. form. Compare French xénophobie (1906).The β. forms show remodelling of the ending after formations in -y suffix3.
Dislike of or prejudice towards people, cultures, and customs that are foreign, or perceived as foreign.
ΘΠ
society > society and the community > social attitudes > patriotism > fear or dislike of other nations > [noun]
misoxeny1611
xenophobia1880
xenophobism1908
α.
1880 Daily News 12 Apr. 4/8 Intelligent xenomania is decidedly preferable to the Xenophobia which is of necessity and always unintelligent.
1887 Sat. Rev. 12 Feb. 238/1 Mr. Minchin's testimony as to Bulgaria is all the more valuable because he does not exactly like the Bulgarians. Their curious Xenophobia, which the Russians have with such incredible folly stirred up against themselves, obviously annoys him.
1919 Nation 20 Dec. 800/1 We are often told in criticism of the Nationalist movements in Egypt, Turkey, Persia, and China that legitimate agitation for self-government and democratic institutions is marred by xenophobia.
1936 E. Waugh Waugh in Abyssinia i. 34 The zenophobia of the people was an insuperable barrier to all free co-operation.
1976 N. Roberts Face of France iv. 49 Eight per cent of France's total working population is immigrant... Here were all the conditions needed for the release of latent xenophobia.
2004 C. Connelly Attention All Shipping (2005) 161 Such was the hysteria that at one point local police had to read the riot act to some of the local press for its irresponsible xenophobia.
β. 1909 Athenæum 13 Mar. 325/3 Those whose sense of justice and fair play is not impaired by prejudice or ‘xenophoby’.1934 R. Macaulay Going Abroad xxix. 249 Violent and inhospitable outbursts of xenophoby have..characterised them [sc. the Basques] from their first appearance in history.1954 C. M. Franzero Life & Times Nero ii. ii. 59 It was indeed the case that when episodes of xenophoby occurred, it was the former foreigners themselves who affected a self-preserving traditionalism against newcomers.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2020; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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