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Xenophobia vs Ethnocentrism - What's the difference?

xenophobia | ethnocentrism |

As nouns the difference between xenophobia and ethnocentrism

is that xenophobia is a fear of strangers or foreigners while ethnocentrism is the tendency to look at the world primarily from the perspective of one's own traditional, deferred, or adoptive ethnic culture.

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

    ethnocentrism

    English

    (wikipedia ethnocentrism)

    Noun

    (-)
  • The tendency to look at the world primarily from the perspective of one's own traditional, deferred, or adoptive ethnic culture.