xenophobia
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- n a fear of foreigners or strangers
- After years of xenophobia the tiny nation was opening up to foreign investment and foreigners.
- Crackdown on illegal crossing over by migrant workers smacks of xenophobia.
- As democratic reforms have foundered and living standards plummeted since the collapse of communism in 1991, the country's latent xenophobia has morphed into a more radical .