Meanings
comparative more anti-immigration · superlative most anti-immigration · alternative uncommon antiimmigration
- governmentOpposing immigration.
Emmanuel Macron’s ruling centrist party was divided and soul-searching on Wednesday after a strict new immigration law was approved by parliament but contained so many hardline measures that the far-right Marine Le Pen claimed it as an “ideological victory” for her own anti-immigration platform.
2023 December 19, Angelique Chrisafis, “France passes controversial immigration bill amid deep division in Macron’s party”, in The Guardian, →ISSN1 more example
In another worrying development for Germany’s mainstream, the fledgling Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW) – a far-left party that has questioned the country’s support for Ukraine and shares some of the AfD’s anti-immigration streak – came third in both states, despite only being founded earlier this year.
2024 September 2, Christian Edwards, Claudio Otto, Matties Otto and Nadine Schmidt, “AfD becomes first far-right party to win German state election since 1945”, in CNN
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
Translations
Czech protiimigrační
- protiimigračníopposing immigration
Finnish maahanmuuttovastainen
- maahanmuuttovastainenopposing immigration
French anti-immigration
- anti-immigrationopposing immigration
German einwanderungsfeindlich
- einwanderungsfeindlichopposing immigration
Portuguese anti-imigração
- anti-imigraçãoopposing immigration
Romanian antiimigrație
- antiimigrațieopposing immigration
Spanish antiinmigración, antinmigración
- antiinmigraciónopposing immigration
- antinmigraciónopposing immigration
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anti-immigration. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anti-immigration
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