Foreign and Savage

Opposite meaning words

Foreign adjective - Being, relating to, or characteristic of a country other than one's own.

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Savage is an antonym for foreign.

Nearby Word: foreigner

Savage adjective - Not civilized.

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Foreign is an antonym for savage in wild topic.

Nearby Words: savagely, savagery, savaged, savaging

Foreign Fanservice and Foreign Culture Fetish: Her appeal to white audiences was the idea that she was some sort of tribal, sexy African Nubile Savage.

Source: Creator / Josephine Baker
She's from a Cargo Cult worshipping Ancient Astronauts (albeit with a twist), uses all of the Noble Savage and Nubile Savage tropes and her name is a play on 'Leila', the stereotypical name of foreign Femme Fatale characters of Two-Fisted Tales of this era.

Source: Genre Refugee
In the North Korean propaganda-fest that is Squirrel and Hedgehog (although the animation was done by a foreign company, probably Chinese), the creators went a little too far in making the Americans (as Savage Wolves no less) badass.

Source: Rooting for the Empire

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