Wednesday, October 3, 2007

Xenophobia

Xenophobia
Verb

Definition: fear or hatred of persons or things strange/foreign
Syn – none

Sentence:
My aunt Mary never eats cranberry sauce or peas at Thanksgiving. We tease her about being xenophobic since all she’ll eat is the potatoes and turkey.

Mnemonic:
xeno is to alien as phobia is to fear

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