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12:15 Mar 12, 2013 |
English language (monolingual) [PRO] Social Sciences - International Org/Dev/Coop | |||||||
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| Selected response from: Yvonne Gallagher Ireland Local time: 11:45 | ||||||
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4 +3 | zenophobia |
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zenophobia Explanation: or being inward looking, not welcoming to anyone or anything strange; afraid of losing one's own identity -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 29 mins (2013-03-12 12:45:00 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- I must have been feeling very Zen a moment ago! The spelling is , of course, Xenophobia! -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 30 mins (2013-03-12 12:45:56 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- it signifies a lack of openness to other alternatives or people http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8756889 -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 31 mins (2013-03-12 12:47:21 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- http://www.thefreedictionary.com/xenophobia A person unduly fearful or contemptuous of that which is foreign, especially of strangers or foreign peoples. (Psychology) hatred or fear of foreigners or strangers or of their politics or culture -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 55 mins (2013-03-12 13:11:30 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- you're welcome Nadia! |
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