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Anti-Irish sentiment includes oppression, persecution, discrimination, or hatred of Irish people as an ethnic group and/or a nation. In general, it can be directed against the island of Ireland, or in particular, it can be directed against Irish immigrants and their descendants in the Irish diaspora. This sentiment is also called Hibernophobia .
Xenophobia. A 1912 xenophobic cartoon blaming foreigners for threatening economic prosperity in the United States. Xenophobia (from Ancient Greek: ξένος ( xénos ), "strange, foreign, or alien", and φόβος ( phóbos ), "fear") [1] is the fear or dislike of anything which is perceived as being foreign or strange.
Look up Xenophobia in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Xenophobia in the United States is the fear or hatred of any cultural group in the United States which is perceived as being foreign or strange or un-American. It expresses a conflict between an ingroup and an outgroup and may manifest in suspicion by the one of the other's activities, and ...
People more easily disgusted by body-related odours are more likely to express xenophobic views, a new study suggests. Many species use smell to detect and avoid potential diseases, with the odour ...
A historic example of anti-Polish sentiment was polakożerstwo (in English, "the devouring of Poles") – a Polish term coined in the 19th century in relation to the dismemberment and annexation of Poland by Prussia, the Habsburg monarchy and Russia. Polakożerstwo described the forcible suppression of Polish culture, education and religion in ...
Discrimination. Anti-English sentiment, also known as Anglophobia (from Latin Anglus "English" and Greek φόβος, phobos, "fear"), refers to opposition, dislike, fear, hatred, oppression, persecution, and discrimination of English people and/or England. [1] It can be observed in various contexts within the United Kingdom and in countries ...
e. The May 2008 South African riots was a wave of xenophobic riots starting in Alexandra, Gauteng (a neighborhood of Johannesburg) on 12 May 2008 and then spreading to other locations across South Africa. The violence started when South African residents of Alexandra attacked migrants from Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe, killing two people and ...
Sweden-bashing was used in the 1960s U.S. presidential election between Eisenhower and John F. Kennedy. [2] In 1960 while addressing the Republican National Committee, President Eisenhower described Sweden as a cautionary tale about socialism and government intrusion into the affairs of individuals. [2]