Xenofobia

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The dictionary of Psychology defines it as

“ a fear of strangers”

It can mean a fear

or

arversion to

Not only persons from other countries butothers:

◦Cultures

◦Subcultures

◦And subsets of belief systems

In short is anyone who meetsany list of criteria about their origin, religion, personal beliefs, habits, language, orientations, or any other criteria

A clinical definition is:

An irrational fear of members of a certain race foreign to one's own

A xenophobic person has to genuinely think or believe at some level that the target is in fact a foreigner.

1. The first is a population group present within a society that is not considered part of that society.

2. The second form of xenophobia is primarily cultural, and the objects of the phobia are cultural elements which are considered alien.

Don´t be XENOFOBIC.

Everyone has a different culture and a differentpoint of view!!!

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