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xenophobia hatred or fear of foreigners or strangers or of their politics or culture Xenophobia Boxer Rebellion Chinese rising aimed at ousting foreign interlopers (1900). [Chinese Hist.: Van Doren, 334–335] the Korea; so called for 300-year closed-door policy. [Am. Hist.: Van Doren, 286] conducted investigations to purge government of foreign influences. [Am. Hist.: NCE, 1641] aimed at WASP control of government by depriving naturalized Americans and Roman Catholics of political rights. [Am. Hist.: Payton, 371] from U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy who acted out morbid fear of aliens, especially Communists. [Am. Hist.: Payton, 409] anti-Italian mobs lynched 11 immigrants after Sicilian murder trial (1891). [Am. Hist.: Van Doren, 309] (Nicola, 1891–1927) (Bartolomeo, 1888–1927) Italian anarchists convicted in controversial murder trial (1921). [Am. Hist.: Van Doren, 411] How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Our family recognizes that xenophobia is a universal feature of human communities under attack. Perhaps, as Thant Myint-U suggests, Burma's history of foreign invasion has created a widespread xenophobia that leaders can manipulate. Indeed, we see that, apart from an expressed determination to privilege the "British type," the drafters of the Constitution were almost silent on citizenship, its obligations and rights; since Federation, immigration legislation has consistently had less to do with clarification than with political and economic expediency, too often lightly disguising xenophobia. |
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