Preferred Label : Xenophobia;
MeSH definition : Intense or irrational dislike or fear of anything that is strange or foreign, particularly
of people who are strangers or foreigners. It is an attitudinal orientation of hostility
against non-natives in a given population that includes attitudes, prejudices and
behavior that reject, exclude or vilify persons, based on the perception that they
are outsiders or foreigners to the community, society or national identity.;
MeSH synonym : Phobia, Strangers; Strangers Phobia; Fear of Strangers;
Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenophobia;
Origin ID : D065806;
UMLS CUI : C0233703;
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Intense or irrational dislike or fear of anything that is strange or foreign, particularly
of people who are strangers or foreigners. It is an attitudinal orientation of hostility
against non-natives in a given population that includes attitudes, prejudices and
behavior that reject, exclude or vilify persons, based on the perception that they
are outsiders or foreigners to the community, society or national identity.
