anti-immigration

adjective

Opposing immigration.

Opposite
pro-immigration

Meanings

adjectiveanti-immigration (comparative more anti-immigration, superlative most anti-immigration)

comparative more anti-immigration · superlative most anti-immigration · alternative uncommon antiimmigration

  1. 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, →ISSN
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    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

Opposite
pro-immigration

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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APA

anti-immigration. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anti-immigration

MLA

“anti-immigration.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anti-immigration. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “anti-immigration,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anti-immigration.

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