Too often, they are used fearfully, to exclude foreign ideas.
The 20th century brought a fresh influx of foreign ideas, again melded to local interests.
But Egyptians were also open to foreign religious ideas.
Sometimes, though, it makes sense to import foreign ideas.
Art and books which support foreign ideas, should be banned.
Conservatism and hostility to foreign ideas, however, couldn't be absolutely maintained.
Father and this other term Mother were foreign ideas.
This was such a foreign idea that they had difficulty publishing their findings.
The Japanese have always had an extraordinary ability to adapt foreign ideas and make them their own.
It would create huge market openings that, in time, could expose more Chinese to foreign ideas.