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  Dictionary.com/Word of the Day Archive/xenophobia
After calling for peace in 61 languages and beseeching the world to end racism and xenophobia, the pope made a surprise announcement.
In Europe today, it is xenophobia and the political manipulation of fear of foreigners that pose the greatest threat to democracy, or at least to the quality of democracy.
The news, the incidents and accidents of everyday life, can be loaded with political or ethnic significance liable to unleash strong, often negative feelings, such as racism, chauvinism, the fear-hatred of the foreigner or, xenophobia.
dictionary.reference.com /wordoftheday/archive/2002/09/08.html   (136 words)

  
 xenophobia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Xenophobia is distrust, unreasonable fear, or hatred of strangers, foreigners, or anything perceived as foreign or different.
Xenophobia is an individual's irrational and obsessive (xenophobic) hatred of people perceived as different and foreign.
Xenophobia can be overcome by the study of the social sciences and coming to appreciate the ideas of culture and social structure as tools for understanding ourselves and others.
sociologyindex.com /xenophobia.htm   (289 words)

  
 Xenophobia: A new pathology for a new South Africa? - Bronwyn Harris
This is misleading, because xenophobia in South Africa is not restricted to a fear or dislike of foreigners.
This notion of pathology is strengthened by the phonetic confusion of xenophobia with the psychological phobias.
This understanding of the impact of xenophobia on identity, together with the culture of violence that pervades ordinary South African life, suggests that xenophobia is not the pathology it is represented to be.
www.csvr.org.za /papers/paphar1.htm   (7840 words)

  
 Spartanburg SC | GoUpstate.com | Spartanburg Herald-Journal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Xenophobia denotes a phobic attitude towards strangers or of the unknown.
This form of xenophobia can elicit or facilitate hostile and violent reactions, such as mass expulsion of immigrants, or in the worst case, genocide.
The second form of xenophobia is primarily cultural, and the objects of the phobia are cultural elements which are considered alien.
www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=xenophobia   (347 words)

  
 Xenophobia
Xenophobia denotes a phobic attitude towards strangers or of the unknown.
This form of xenophobia can elicit or facilitate hostile and violent reactions, such as mass expulsion of immigrants, or in the worst case, genocide.
The second form of xenophobia is primarily cultural, and the objects of the phobia are cultural elements which are considered alien.
www.buzznet.com /tags/xenophobia   (381 words)

  
 LHR - Refugee Rights - Roll Back Xenophobia Campaign   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Xenophobia is on the rise in South Africa.
Xenophobia, defined as a deep dislike of non-nationals by nationals, is a dangerous trend that must be condemned unequivocally.
However, tackling xenophobia and all its manifestations is an enormous task that requires the combined, co-ordinated and persistent effort of all individuals and parts of South African society.
www.lhr.org.za /refugee/policy/xenonatplan.htm   (2387 words)

  
 Urban Dictionary: xenophobia
The term 'xenophobia' is typically used to denote a phobic attitude towards foreigners or strangers, or even of the unknown.
Xenophobia is derived from the Greek words xenos meaning "foreigner," or "stranger," and phobos meaning "fear."
The term xenophobia is used to describe the dislike or fear of foreigners or in general term(s) -- fear of people different from one's self.
www.urbandictionary.com /define.php?term=xenophobia   (566 words)

  
 ESL Articles: Xenophobia (TEFL.NET)
Xenophobia derives from the Greek word and literally means "fear of the strange".
Xenophobia is learned behaviour and as such is passed down in families, groups, and institutions.
Xenophobia manifests itself in individual, group and institutional behaviours and practices that are racist and offensive to the stranger.
www.tefl.net /esl-articles/xenophobia.htm   (562 words)

  
 Xenophobia - Memory Alpha, the Star Trek Wiki
Xenophobia is a psychological, racist condition, the fear and hatred of anyone or anything foreign or alien or anything that is other than oneself.
Someone who suffers from xenophobia is referred to as xenophobic, or a xenophobe.
In 2154, xenophobia was at heightened levels on Earth in the aftermath of the Xindi attack.
memory-alpha.org /en/wiki/Xenophobia   (306 words)

  
 Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Xenophobia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Xenophobia, ethnic community, and immigrant youths' friendship network formation.
High-level officials of Germany, Netherlands, Portugal and Angola address Commission on Human Rights; Commission continues consideration of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and all forms of discrimination -- Part 2 of 2.
UN: Self-determination main theme at Third Committee memeeting, intolerance and xenophobia also cited.
www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Xenophobia   (129 words)

  
 Migration > Glossary > Xenophobia: UNESCO SHS
In contrast to sociobiologists who consider xenophobia to be a universal phenomenon, social scientists describe it as one among several possible forms of reactions generated by anomic situations in the societies of modern states.
Xenophobia can be defined as the "attitudes, prejudices and behaviour that reject, exclude and often vilify persons, based on the perception that they are outsiders or foreigners to the community, society or national identity."
Xenophobia and racism often overlap, but are distinct phenomena.
portal.unesco.org /shs/en/ev.php-URL_ID=3026&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html   (774 words)

  
 JURIST - Paper Chase: Racial discrimination, xenophobia surging worldwide: UN expert
Alexandria Samuel at 4:12 PM ET [JURIST] A UN expert on racism warned Tuesday that instances of racism, racial discrimination and xenophobia are on the rise worldwide, and pose a special danger as they are not confined to extremist groups but have become integral to mainstream democratic systems.
Senegalese lawyer Doudou Diene, UN Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance [official website], was speaking to the UN's Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination [UN fact sheet] meeting in Geneva.
Diene said that the fight against terrorism and other government initiatives had led to discriminatory immigration and asylum policies and a retreat from diversity and tolerance: racism was now "commonplace" and ethnically and racially-biased stances had become increasingly legitimized in intellectual discourse by respected scholars.
jurist.law.pitt.edu /paperchase/2006/03/racial-discrimination-xenophobia.php   (306 words)

  
 Xenophobia - Uncyclopedia, the content-free encyclopedia
The Homo Sapien has 3.5 million years of (r)evolution, and with those years of perfecting the humanic stance, the bacteria Xenophobia (scientific name cumulative racisma) evolved with the apes.
Xenophobia needs much forbite acid to grow, which means it needs fl beings, yellow beings, pink beings, red beings(of humanic sources)to grow.
Xenophobia tends to make Homo Sapiens call each other some names which is a side effect that cannot be granted to cause you a wonderful-life-syndrome(which btw, can be sold in bottles).
www.uncyclopedia.org /wiki/Xenophobia   (209 words)

  
 SCADPlus: European Monitoring Centre for Racism and Xenophobia
A European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia is established, with its seat in Vienna (see Decision of the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States of 2 June 1997, published in Official Journal C 194, 25.06.1997)
The Centre will study the extent and development of the phenomena and manifestations of racism, xenophobia and anti-Semitism, analyse their causes, consequences and effects and examine examples of good practice.
Since the fight against racism was a shared responsibility and the success of the Monitoring Centre with regard to comparability required very close cooperation with the authorities of the Member States, the Commission proposed recasting Council Regulation (EC) No In 2004, it withdrew its proposal to recast.
europa.eu /scadplus/leg/en/cha/c10411.htm   (1080 words)

  
 Dropzone.com Skydive Forums: Community: The Bonfire: Xenophobia: Page 3
To me, xenophobia is simply allowing your (generally vicarious) experience with people from other countries drive your perception of people from there.
Xenophobia is fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign.
Xenophobia is a scientific term, used to describe a specific condition.
www.dropzone.com /forum/Community_C7/The_Bonfire_F1/Xenophobia_P577185-3   (2648 words)

  
 ArtLex's XYZ page
Currently rampant xenophobias include the fear of social or foreign (ethnic) groups — racism, sexism, homophobia, and religious intolerance.
Xenophobia is indeed one of the principal causes of violence around the world.
A xenophobia specific to the art world is sometimes seen in a viewer's off-hand dismissal of art, art not immediately understood.
www.artlex.com /ArtLex/XYZ.html   (3271 words)

  
 EUROPA - Glossary - Fight against racism and xenophobia
Moreover, Article 29 of the Treaty on European Union, inserted by the Amsterdam Treaty, provides a legal basis for the fight against racism and xenophobia in the fields of police and judicial cooperation in criminal matters.
Set up in Vienna in June 1997, its main task is to observe the scale of racism and xenophobia within the Union and developments in this area, to analyse the reasons for these phenomena and to draw up proposals for presentation to the Community institutions and the Member States.
In addition, an agreement was concluded on 21 December 1998 between the Centre and the Council of Europe in order to step up cooperation between the former and the Council of Europe's Committee on racism and intolerance.
europa.eu /scadplus/glossary/fight_against_racism_xenophobia_en.htm   (441 words)

  
 Xenophobia - Uncyclopedia
The Homo Sapien has 3.5 million years of (r)evolution, and with those years of perfecting the humanic stance, the bacteria Xenophobia (scientific name cumulative racisma) evolved with the apes.
Xenophobia needs much forbite acid to grow, which means it needs fl beings, yellow beings, pink beings, red beings(of humanic sources)to grow.
Xenophobia tends to make Homo Sapiens call each other some names which is a side effect that cannot be granted to cause you a wonderful-life-syndrome(which btw, can be sold in bottles).
uncyclopedia.org /wiki/Xenophobia   (198 words)

  
 Xenophobia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
All are entitled to equal xenophobia and inalienable rights of july london bomb attacks on ethnic.
Xenophobia implies a friend or ray a majority of buddhism that should bind us eternally.
Xenophobia this set of the stone xenophobia saints at the home of leland stanford, former.
xenophobia.goofybow.net   (533 words)

  
 MedFriendly.com: Xenophobia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Xenophobia can lead to uneasiness around strangers and/or hatred of strangers.
Someone with xenophobia is known as a xenophobe.
Xenophobia comes from the Greek word "xenos" meaning "stranger," and the Greek word "phobos" meaning "fear." Put the two words together and you have "fear (of) strangers."
www.medfriendly.com /xenophobia.html   (154 words)

  
 European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
A European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia (hereinafter referred to as 'the Centre`) is hereby established.
The Centre shall study the extent and development of the phenomena and manifestations of racism, xenophobia and anti-Semitism, analyse their causes, consequences and effects and examine examples of good practice in dealing with them.
To enable the network provided for in Article 2 (2) (h) to be established as rapidly and efficiently as possible, the Member States shall forward to the Centre a list of the centres and organizations of which they are aware referred to in that Article.
europa.eu.int /infonet/library/a/103597/en.htm   (2925 words)

  
 Xenophobia in South Africa   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Xenophobia is the fear of foreigners, and in South Africa it has led to stereotyping people from the rest of Africa as criminals or competition in the job market.
Some say the rising tide of xenophobia and the resulting violence against foreigners may hurt the South African economy and its ability to attract much needed skills.
Smuts says it is ridiculous [to say,] as suggested by some, that the ANC government may be using the issue of xenophobia as a scapegoat to divert attention from what some say is the government’s failure to deliver services.
www.voanews.com /english/Africa/2006-08-18-voa38.cfm   (488 words)

  
 More Than Half of Russians Xenophobic — Rights Group - NEWS - MOSNEWS.COM   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
He said that xenophobia in Russia is spreading through a variety of ethnic groups.
There is the xenophobia of the ethnic majority and the xenophobia of the ethnic minority,” Brod said.
He said that in order to counter xenophobia in Russia the authorities should be more effective in countering the activities of radical nationalist groups.
www.mosnews.com /news/2005/11/07/xenophobia.shtml   (848 words)

  
 Xenophobia -- World Problems - Issues Online   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The condition of disliking or fearing individuals or groups considered to be foreign may refer to 'groups' consisting of: an entire continent (as with anti-American or anti-European feelings); a neighbouring family of immigrants; or even migrants from another part of the country if regarded as intrusive.
Xenophobia commonly takes an ethnic form and in its most extreme and widespread forms of expression may reflect the paranoid state of those in power, as it did with Hitler and Stalin
It has a distressing effect on the immigrant communities which ar daily subject to displays of distrust and hostility, to continuous discrimination, which legislative measures have failed to prevent, when seeking accommodation or employment or trying to provide services, and, in many cases to racial violence, including murder.
www.diversitas.org /db/x.php?dbcode=pr&id=11449570&sbmt=1&go=e   (645 words)

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