What does antiforeign mean?
Antiforeign means Opposed to foreigners or to what is foreign..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Opposed to foreigners or to what is foreign..
Taken as a whole, however, the riots were anti-foreign, not anti-official. This was dramatically true in the Wu-hsüeh riot of June 5, where two foreigners were killed by an angry mob,⁴⁹ and the I-ch’ang riot of September 2, where responsible officials failed to take action and the collusion of important persons was widely suspected.⁵⁰
With foreigners already wary of investing in Thailand, the last thing the country needed, analysts say, was a new law perceived as antiforeign.
Use antiforeign when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Antiforeign means Opposed to foreigners or to what is foreign..
Common synonyms include xenophobic.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Taken as a whole, however, the riots were anti-foreign, not anti-official. This was dramatically true in the Wu-hsüeh riot of June 5, where two foreigners were killed by an angry mob,⁴⁹ and the I-ch’ang riot of September 2, where responsible officials failed to take action and the collusion of important persons was widely suspected.⁵⁰
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