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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.

Year introduced: 2015

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Tree Number(s): F01.145.813.550.875, F01.145.813.629.875, F01.829.595.875

MeSH Unique ID: D065806

Entry Terms:

  • Fear of Strangers
  • Phobia, Strangers
  • Strangers Phobia

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