ANTI-FOREIGN Synonyms: 15 Similar and Opposite Words

anti-foreign

adjective

Definition of anti-foreign

as in xenophobic

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Dissimilar Words

internationalist

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of anti-foreign From Xi Jinping’s quest to regain China’s glory, to Vladimir Putin’s attempts at a new Russian empire, to the rise of populist anti-foreign attitudes in the United States, Britain, Germany, and France, negative views of others underpin many of the conflicts in today’s world. — Literary Hub, 27 May 2026 Demilitarizing those areas now would mean surrendering the CCP’s solemn mission to make China whole again and, consequently, diminishing its ability to use anti-foreign nationalism as a source of legitimacy. — Michael Beckley, Foreign Affairs, 22 Aug. 2023 This kind of nationalism is often a mixture of utopianism and anti-foreign sentiment, elements shared by the movement that birthed the Chinese Communist Party. — Ian Buruma, Harper's Magazine, 11 Jan. 2022

Recent Examples of Synonyms for anti-foreign

Adjective

Latinos have been not only frequent targets of nativism and xenophobic violence but also supporters — regularly enforcers — of it.

— Eladio Bobadilla, Mercury News, 6 Aug. 2026
Published a year after the start of the Iraq War, Foer’s rosy look at globalization was already passé as the US took on a more aggressive, hostile, and xenophobic posture to the rest of the world.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 July 2026

Definition of xenophobic

Adjective

At large right-wing events, young conservatives have consistently espoused a deeply nativist strain of politics, and expressed their fandom of Fuentes and his politics.

— Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 20 Aug. 2026
Not that extricating supply chains from China is sufficient in today’s nativist political climate.

— Charlie Campbell, Time, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of nativist

Adjective

As men, women and children flooded across the border between Morocco and Spain, into the autonomous city of Ceuta at the end of July, European populists and anti-immigrant politicians capitalized on the shocking images of human desperation.

— Vasco Cotovio, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
Castillo — no relation to Luis — nevertheless defended his agents’ use of anti-immigrant words.

— Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2026