antiforeign

English

Etymology

anti- +‎ foreign

Adjective

antiforeign (comparative more antiforeign, superlative most antiforeign)

1. Opposed to foreigners or to what is foreign.
   • 1972, Charlton M. Lewis, “Some Notes on the Ko-lao Hui in Late Ch’ing China”, in Jean Chesneaux, editor, Popular Movements and Secret Societies in China 1840-1950‎^[1], Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 108:

     Taken as a whole, however, the riots were anti-foreign, not anti-official. This was dramatically true in the Wu-hsüeh riot of June 5, where two foreigners were killed by an angry mob,⁴⁹ and the I-ch’ang riot of September 2, where responsible officials failed to take action and the collusion of important persons was widely suspected.⁵⁰

   • 2007 January 10, Wayne Arnold, “Thailand May Add Measures to Restrict Foreign Investment”, in New York Times‎^[2]:

     With foreigners already wary of investing in Thailand, the last thing the country needed, analysts say, was a new law perceived as antiforeign.

Synonyms

• xenophobic

Derived terms

• antiforeignism

 

Translations

opposed to foreigners or to what is foreign

• Portuguese: antiestrangeiro