Foreign

Foreign may refer to:

  • Foreign corporation, a U.S. concept for a corporation that can do business outside its jurisdiction
  • Foreign key, a constraint in a relational database
  • Foreign language, a language not spoken by the people of a certain place
  • Foreign policy, how a country interacts with other countries of the world
  • Foreign film, also known as world cinema, are films and film industries of non-English speaking countries
  • Foreign accent syndrome, a rare side effect of severe brain injury
  • Foreign Policy, an American magazine
  • Non-self,
    • An exogenous antigen that stimulates an immune response
    • A concept in Buddhist philosophy, the "non-self" or "absence of separate self"

Famous quotes containing the word foreign:

    “It tosses up our losses, the torn seine,
    The shattered lobster pot, the broken oar
    And the gear of foreign dead men. The sea has many voices,
    Many gods and many voices.”
    —T.S. (Thomas Stearns)

    “Since every effort in our educational life seems to be directed toward making of the child a being foreign to itself, it must of necessity produce individuals foreign to one another, and in everlasting antagonism with each other.”
    —Emma Goldman (1869–1940)

    “Insurrection—by means of guerrilla bands—is the true method of warfare for all nations desirous of emancipating themselves from a foreign yoke ... It is invincible, indestructible.”
    —Giuseppe Mazzini (1805–1872)