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Xenophobia
An anxiety disorder characterized by an abnormal, irrational, and intense fear of strangers, (especially foreigners, which are people from another country), or anything that is strange or foreign. The fear of foreigners can occur in the country where the person with the phobia lives or it can occur in a country that the person with the phobia goes to visit. 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."
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