Meaning of xenofobia | Babel Free

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Noun. [B2]

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“Greetings from Brigite from Portugal to Austria! What do I know⟳ about your country? Hardly nothing! I only know⟳ that you speak⟳ German, your capital is Vienna and that you have⟳ very beatifull^([sic]) palaces. oh yes, and that the film of "Sissi" was made there! (Actually I liked it a lot!) What prejudices? I heard of a lot of xenofobia and racism... is it true?”

“As an ex-inhabitant of Bruges, I'm sorry to read⟳ posts with complaints about bad behaviour in restaurants towards tourists. The problem is that in Bruges there are so many tourists that in some restaurants the Brugeois are in a 'minority'. Sometimes restaurant owners try⟳ to profile themselves as 'non-tourist' to attract⟳ more people from Bruges. Though I completely lack any feeling of xenofobia, I must say⟳ it is weird to be in a restaurant in your home-town and to be amongst only tourists. It makes you feel⟳ like⟳ being in a tourist trap⟳ - I'm sure the average tourist feels the same about that.”

“Genocide is not a mistake⟳. It is delibarete^([sic]) attempt⟳ to exterminate a people out of racial prejudice. Nobody exterminates anybody because they are an inconveniency,^([sic]) as you suggest⟳. Armenians and Turks have⟳ coexisted peacefully in the Empire before 1915. Armenians and Turks coexist peacefully in Turkey today. So what was it, a brief attack of xenofobia by the young Turks? come⟳ on. You may consider⟳ this qubbling^([sic]) over a fine point⟳, it is exactly that point⟳ you are trying to smear us with.”

“Also i see⟳ a shade of xenofobia in this treatment and i dont like⟳ this. In spain there are also people who see⟳ the tourists as inferior beings, not me.”

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