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Xenophobia MeSH Descriptor Data 2025


MeSH Heading
Xenophobia
Tree Number(s)
F01.145.813.550.875
F01.145.813.629.875
F01.829.595.875
Unique ID
D065806
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D065806
Scope Note
Intense or irrational dislike or fear of anything that is strange or foreign, particularly of people who are strangers or foreigners. It is an attitudinal orientation of hostility against non-natives in a given population that includes attitudes, prejudices and behavior that reject, exclude or vilify persons, based on the perception that they are outsiders or foreigners to the community, society or national identity.
Entry Term(s)
Fear of Strangers
Phobia, Strangers
Public MeSH Note
2015
History Note
2015
Date Established
2015/01/01
Date of Entry
2014/06/26
Revision Date
2022/04/13
Xenophobia Preferred
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