Does 'xenophobia' have other connotations in the US besides its established meaning?

Xenophobia is fear or loathing of outsiders.

NIMBYism prevents outsiders from moving to your neighborhood. It is xenophobic in intent and effect.

According to other comments, people don't seem to care about who moves in / from where, rather they care about their property value being diluted.

That is a distinction without a difference.

Maybe you should look up that word before you throw it around.

Their usage seems fine, perhaps you should look up the word before criticizing people for using the word. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/xenophobia

It's not far-fetched to associate NIMBYism with a fear of the strange and foreign.

Thanks. (I prefer the pronoun they.)

I'm on very solid ground calling NIMBYism xenophobic. (It is also racist given how people of color were systematically excluded from housing until very recently.)

So xenophobia is fear of people other countries.

NIMBY means "Not in my back yard." That includes everything from HUD housing, to nuclear power plants, to fracking, to prisons.

I don't see how being afraid of nuclear disasters is in any way xenophobic. I also don't see how not wanting your property devalued by building cheaper houses is either.

I think you don't have a clear understanding of what those things are, particularly in regards to the article we're discussing which happens to be in present day time.

Or maybe that's your "I want to win" tactic and you are just throwing it out there to see if it will stick. That might work in some corners of the internet, but it doesn't seem to be working here. If you have a rational argument about the discussion, I invite you to present it.

Xenophobia is fear or loathing of outsiders.

Nuclear plants are a ridiculous strawman. We're talking about places for people — living, breathing human beings, with thoughts, dreams and aspirations — to live in.

Ensuring other people have a place to live is more important than your property values and neighborhood character.

I have an extremely clear understanding of how the white upper middle class has systematically used the state's monopoly on violence to exclude anyone else from joining their ranks.

So redefining words so your argument makes sense isn't a valid tactic. From a dictionary:

xen·o·pho·bi·a ˌzenəˈfōbēə,ˌzēnəˈfōbēə/Submit noun intense or irrational dislike or fear of people from other countries.

Nimby ˈnimbē/Submit noun a person who objects to the siting of something perceived as unpleasant or potentially dangerous in their own neighborhood, such as a landfill or hazardous waste facility, especially while raising no such objections to similar developments elsewhere.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/xenophobia includes "strangers".

In common parlance in the United States, NIMBYism includes opposition to housing. That is also what we're talking about in this thread.

Maybe in your little bubble, but not generally.

If you want, replace all instances of "NIMBYism" in my text with your preferred term. Maybe "housing NIMBYism"?

You'll see that the changes don't actually make a difference to any of my arguments.