What Is Xenophobia?

Answer:

Xenophobia is the uncontrollable fear of foreigners. It comes from the Greek words (xenos), meaning "stranger," "foreigner" and (phobos), meaning "fear."

It is not a phobia in the sense that a stranger will cause someone with xenophobia to have a panic reaction or attack, but it is a dislike or hatred of strangers (usually foreign strangers.)

While xenophobia is often used interchangeably with terms such as prejudice and racism, these terms have different meanings.