Definition(s)
Attitudes, prejudices and behaviour that reject, exclude and often vilify persons, based on the perception that they are outsiders or foreigners to the community, society or national identity.
Source(s)
Translations
- BG: ксенофобия
- CS: xenofobie
- DE: Ausländerfeindlichkeit / Fremdenfeindlichkeit / Xenophobie
- EL: ξενοφοβία
- EN: xenophobia
- ES: xenofobia
- ET: ksenofoobia / võõraviha
- FI: muukalaispelko
- FR: xénophobie
- GA: seineafóibe
- HR: ksenofobija
- HU: xenofóbia/ idegengyűlölet
- IT: xenofobia
- LT: ksenofobija
- LV: ksenofobija
- MT: Ksenofobija
- NL: xenofobie
- PL: ksenofobia
- PT: xenofobia
- RO: xenofobie
- SK: xenofóbia
- SL: ksenofobija
- SV: främlingsfientlighet
- NO: fremmedfrykt (b); framandfrykt (n)
- KA: ქსენოფობია
- UK: ксенофобія
- HY: այլատյացություն
Related Term(s)
Note(s)
1. According to the Union acquis, and specifically Art. 1 of Framework Decision 2008/913/JHA, offences concerning racism and xenophobia are considered to be:
(a) publicly inciting to violence or hatred directed against a group of persons or a member of such a group defined by reference to race, colour, religion, descent or national or ethnic origin;
(b) the commission of an act referred to in point (a) by public dissemination or distribution of tracts, pictures or other material;
(c) publicly condoning, denying or grossly trivialising crimes of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes as defined in Articles 6, 7 and 8 of the Statute of the International Criminal Court, directed against a group of persons or a member of such a group defined by reference to race, colour, religion, descent or national or ethnic origin when the conduct is carried out in a manner likely to incite violence or hatred against such a group or a member of such a group;
(d) publicly condoning, denying or grossly trivialising the crimes defined in Art. 6 of the Charter of the International Military Tribunal appended to the London Agreement of 8 August 1945, directed against a group of persons or a member of such a group defined by reference to race, colour, religion, descent or national or ethnic origin when the conduct is carried out in a manner likely to incite violence or hatred against such a group or a member of such a group.