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Why does society find people who talk to themselves as strange?

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Question added by Amal Brahmi , Primary teacher , Ajyal Alghad
Date Posted: 2014/05/31
Hamad Al-Jibreen ♦ Assoc. CIPD
by Hamad Al-Jibreen ♦ Assoc. CIPD , Advisor / Talent Acquisition Director , Academic Leadership Center (MOE)

Xenophobia

 

Xenophobia is the irrational or unreasoned fear of that which is perceived to be foreign or strange.

Dictionary definitions of xenophobia include: deep-rooted, irrational hatred towards foreigners (Oxford English Dictionary; OED), unreasonable fear or hatred of the unfamiliar (Webster's)

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