explain what is meant by the term xenophobia?
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noun. an aversion or hostility to, disdain for, or fear of foreigners, people from different cultures, or strangers: Xenophobia and nationalism can be seen as a reaction to the rise of globalization.
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['xenogeneic.', 'xenophobic.', 'xeric.', 'xerographic.', 'xerophytic.']
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Thantophobia means the Fear of losing someone you love. ... Its origin is the Greek word thanato, which means death and phobia, which means fear. It is normal for someone to be anxious about their health and it is also natural for someone to be anxious about their family and friends.
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'Naiilang' is not accurate, it means feeling uncomfortable. There's no exact tagalog word for 'intimidated', but 'intimidation' has and it is 'pananakot' so you can say 'natakot ako'.
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Mzansi Taal · Gwababa. It is a word used to refer to the feeling that you get when you are really interested in someone, but you are afraid to approach them.
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Cynophobia comes from the Greek words that mean “dog” (cyno) and “fear” (phobia). A person who has cynophobia experiences a fear of dogs that's both irrational and persistent. It's more than just feeling uncomfortable with barking or being around dogs.
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The fear of technology, also known as technophobia, is the fear or dislike of advanced technology or complex devices, especially computers. Technophobia is surprisingly common. In fact, some experts believe that we all suffer at least a small amount of nervousness when confronted with new technology.
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Cultural relativism is the practice of assessing a culture by its own standards rather than viewing it through the lens of one's own culture. ... Xenocentrism is the opposite of ethnocentrism, and refers to the belief that another culture is superior to one's own.
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['xenograft.', 'xylophone.', 'xeroderma.', 'xenophobe.', 'xenophile.', 'xenocryst.', 'xylograph.', 'xenoblast.']
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As nouns the difference between ethnocentrism and xenocentrism. is that ethnocentrism is the tendency to look at the world primarily from the perspective of one's own traditional, deferred, or adoptive ethnic culture while xenocentrism is a preference for the products, styles, or ideas of a different culture.
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Afraid means feeling fear or apprehension. Scared means being in a state of fear, nervousness, or panic. If you think they sound pretty much the same, you are not alone. But plenty of people point out the distinctions.
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Xenophobia has its roots in fear — literally. Phobia comes from the Greek word meaning "fear." Given that the fear in question is of strangers, it makes sense that xeno- comes from the Greek word for — you guessed it — "stranger, foreigner." In the case of xenophobia, the fear is irrational.
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Fear of fish or ichthyophobia ranges from cultural phenomena such as fear of eating fish, fear of touching raw fish, or fear of dead fish, up to irrational fear (specific phobia). Galeophobia is the fear specifically of sharks.
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Mysophobia, also known as verminophobia, germophobia, germaphobia, bacillophobia and bacteriophobia, is a pathological fear of contamination and germs. The term was coined by William A. Hammond in 1879 when describing a case of obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) exhibited in repeatedly washing one's hands.
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Urban Dictionary says: Reference to people with no class or minimal values in latin languages, particularly trailer park residents and those with violent tendencies or drug habits but also limited fashion sense. It remains to be seen if the term is a part of racist or hate language.
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Basically, Phobia comes from Greek word “phobos” meaning fear, horror. And all the words formed using this root would reflect this same very fear.
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The term “ethnocentrism” was coined by William Graham Sumner in reference to the view that one's own group is the center of everything, with others judged in terms of the familiar standards of that group. One manifestation of ethnocentrism is “xenophobia,” or the fear of outsiders.