In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
XENOPHOBIC
xenophobic
(adjective) suffering from xenophobia; having abnormal fear or hatred of the strange or foreign
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
xenophobic (comparative more xenophobic, superlative most xenophobic)
Exhibiting or characterised by xenophobia, a fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners
• "Residents of Plettenberg Bay this week launched violent xenophobic attacks on foreign Africans living in informal settlements, beating them and ransacking their houses" Weekend Argus May 13/14 2006.
Noun
xenophobic (plural xenophobics)
A xenophobe.
Source: Wiktionary
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STAGNATION
(noun) a state of inactivity (in business or art etc); “economic growth of less than 1% per year is considered to be economic stagnation”
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