The people in the village were xenophobic after years of being tricked by foreigners. Xenophobic laws led to the expulsion of Gypsy immigrants from many countries.
I have a friend who is so xenophobic he not only distrusts foreigners he does not like people who were not born in his home town.
The opposite of xenophobic is xenophilic, meaning having a love or admiration for people and cultures that are different from one's own.
· xenophilia · xenophobic
Many animals are xenophobic. They fear people that are foreign to them.
Xenophobican unreasonable fear or hatred of foreigners or strangers or of that which is foreign or strange.
· xenophilia - attracted to that which is foreign · xenophobic - abnormal fear of foreign things, especially strangers or foreign people
Some do, and some don't. This is an opinion. Xenophobic- Afraid of foreign people.
· xenophobic - dislike or fear of people from other countries
xenophobic - dislike or fear of people from other countries
Because people fear change and the unknown and things different from themselves as a basic survival response.
Xenophobic means fear of strangers, so you could say: I was xenophobic so I was scared in the dark alley. or something like that