The “X word[”] / Although the conference extensively referred to the nation’s need for “social cohesion” among migrants and South Africans, the word “xenophobia” was almost never uttered during the two-day affair.
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X-word
Synonyms for "x-word"
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Russian
1 entries- х-сло́во noun (euphemism that starts with an x or a similar letter)
Ukrainian
1 entries- х-сло́во noun (euphemism that starts with an x or a similar letter)
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Before one uses the X-word to describe people with less-liberal views on immigration, one should recall its meaning – an extreme or irrational dislike or fear of people from other countries.
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Bitter NY Times Throws Around X-Word (Xenophobia), Threat of Violence to Insult Pro-Brexit
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In the past fortnight, following a fresh outbreak of xenophobic violence in Durban, President Cyril Ramaphosa condemned the “violence against foreign nationals in South Africa”, without mentioning the x-word.
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