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Phobia vs Xenophobia - What's the difference?

phobia | xenophobia |

As nouns the difference between phobia and xenophobia

is that phobia is an irrational or obsessive fear or anxiety, usually of or about something particular while xenophobia is a fear of strangers or foreigners.

phobia

English

Noun

  • An irrational or obsessive fear or anxiety, usually of or about something particular.
    • I know someone with a strange phobia of ladders.

    Related terms

    * -phobe * -phobia * -phobic

    Derived terms

    Hyponyms

    * See .

    See also

    * *

    xenophobia

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A fear of strangers or foreigners.
  • A strong antipathy or aversion to strangers or foreigners.

    • Synonyms

    * xenophoby (rare)

    Antonyms

    * xenomania * xenophilia * xenophily * allophilia (more general)

    Derived terms

    * xenophobiac * xenophobian

    Related terms

    * xenophobe * xenophobic

    See also

    * racism