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Terms: Xenophobia

Xenophobia


Definition:

“Intense or irrational dislike or fear of anything that is strange or foreign, particularly of people who are strangers or foreigners. It is an attitudinal orientation of hostility against non-natives in a given population that includes attitudes, prejudices and behavior that reject, exclude or vilify persons, based on the perception that they are outsiders or foreigners to the community, society or national identity.” National Library of Medicine


Sources: 

Xenophobia Definition 2015


Resources: 

Xenophobia and Anti-Asian Hate Crimes - NCI

Selective xenophobia: What COVID-19 is teaching us about who we target when it comes to racism | CTV News

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