Editing Xenophobia (section)

{{short description|Dislike of anything that is perceived to be foreign or strange}}
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[[File:Xenophobia WWI propaganda (cropped).jpg|thumb|A 1912 xenophobic cartoon blaming foreigners for threatening economic prosperity in the United States]]
'''Xenophobia''' (from {{langx|grc|[[wikt:ξένος|ξένος]]}} ({{lang|grc-Latn|[[xenos (Greek)|xénos]]}}), 'strange, foreign, or alien', and {{wikt-lang|grc|φόβος}} ({{lang|grc-Latn|phóbos}}), 'fear')<ref>Oxford Standard English Dictionary' (OED). Oxford Press, 2004, CDROM version.</ref> is the fear or dislike of anything that is perceived as being foreign or strange.<ref>{{Cite dictionary |url=http://www.lexico.com/definition/xenophobia |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191231205732/https://www.lexico.com/definition/xenophobia |url-status=dead |archive-date=31 December 2019 |title=xenophobia |dictionary=[[Lexico]] UK English Dictionary |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite Dictionary.com|xenophobia}}</ref><ref>{{cite Merriam-Webster|xenophobia|access-date=22 April 2019}}</ref> It is an expression that is based on the perception that a conflict exists between an [[in-group and out-group|in-group and an out-group]] and it may manifest itself in suspicion of one group's activities by members of the other group, a desire to eliminate the presence of the group that is the target of suspicion, and fear of losing a national, ethnic, or racial identity.<ref name="auto">Guido Bolaffi. ''Dictionary of race, ethnicity and culture''. SAGE Publications Ltd., 2003. Pp. 332.</ref><ref name="UNESCO – Xenophobia">{{cite web |url=https://www2.ohchr.org/english/issues/migration/taskforce/docs/wcar.pdf |title=International Migration, Racism, Discrimination and Xenophobia |date=August 2001 |publisher=International Labour Office; International Organization for Migration; Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights |page=2 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331201752/https://www2.ohchr.org/english/issues/migration/taskforce/docs/wcar.pdf |archive-date=31 March 2019}}</ref>

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