AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Xenophobia (from Ancient Greek (xénos) ‘strange, foreign, alien’, and (phóbos) ‘fear’) is the fear or dislike of anything which is perceived as being foreign or strange.

Detailed explanation-2: -Xenophobia is a fear of the other, the outsider, including the foreigner who seeks refuge in one’s country. The original Greek term means “fear of the stranger.”

Detailed explanation-3: -xenophobia zen-uh-FOH-bee-uh noun. : fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign.

Detailed explanation-4: -Xenophobia, the “fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners, ”1 is an unfamiliar term for some. While xenophobia is similar to racism, racism is prejudiced thoughts and discriminatory actions based on differences in race or ethnicity. 2. A person can be both racist and xenophobic.

Detailed explanation-5: -Xenophilia or xenophily is the love for, attraction to, or appreciation of foreign people, manners, customs, or cultures. It is the antonym of xenophobia or xenophoby.