Psychiatry and Psychology

Xenophobia

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.

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Abstract

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.

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Synonyms

3 entry terms
  • Fear of Strangers
  • Phobia, Strangers
  • Strangers Phobia

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Aspects Covered

10 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, ethnology, history, legislation & jurisprudence, prevention & control, psychology, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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History Note

2015

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  1. F01.145.813w.550w.875w
  2. F01.145.813w.629w.875w
  3. F01.829w.595w.875w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Xenophobia. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D065806. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D065806
  2. Xenophobia. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenophobia
  3. Xenophobia. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q166005