Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
closing identities
English answer:
xenophobia
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Nadia Ayoub
Mar 12, 2013 12:15
11 yrs ago
English term
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closing identities
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We live in a time of great challenges and promises: modernization, globalization, immigration, economic crisis, old and tired democracies and new ones in a hard process of formation, wars and conflicts. All these factors of destabilization and rapid change create negative reactions of fear, closing identities, racism, fundamentalism, and phobias.
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| 4 +3 | zenophobia |
Yvonne Gallagher
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Mar 17, 2013 10:15: Nadia Ayoub changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/805613">Nadia Ayoub's</a> old entry - "closing identities"" to ""zenophobia""
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Yvonne Gallagher
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zenophobia
or being inward looking, not welcoming to anyone or anything strange; afraid of losing one's own identity
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Note added at 29 mins (2013-03-12 12:45:00 GMT)
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I must have been feeling very Zen a moment ago! The spelling is , of course, Xenophobia!
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Note added at 30 mins (2013-03-12 12:45:56 GMT)
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it signifies a lack of openness to other alternatives or people
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8756889
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Note added at 31 mins (2013-03-12 12:47:21 GMT)
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http://www.thefreedictionary.com/xenophobia
A person unduly fearful or contemptuous of that which is foreign, especially of strangers or foreign peoples.
(Psychology) hatred or fear of foreigners or strangers or of their politics or culture
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Note added at 55 mins (2013-03-12 13:11:30 GMT)
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you're welcome Nadia!
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Note added at 29 mins (2013-03-12 12:45:00 GMT)
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I must have been feeling very Zen a moment ago! The spelling is , of course, Xenophobia!
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Note added at 30 mins (2013-03-12 12:45:56 GMT)
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it signifies a lack of openness to other alternatives or people
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8756889
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Note added at 31 mins (2013-03-12 12:47:21 GMT)
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http://www.thefreedictionary.com/xenophobia
A person unduly fearful or contemptuous of that which is foreign, especially of strangers or foreign peoples.
(Psychology) hatred or fear of foreigners or strangers or of their politics or culture
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Note added at 55 mins (2013-03-12 13:11:30 GMT)
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you're welcome Nadia!
Note from asker:
| Thank you Gallagy! |
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Comment: "Many thanks!"
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