hate speech

noun

Etymology

From hate + speech. Compare Old English hetesprǣċ (“hateful speech”).

  1. derived from *spereg-
  2. inherited from *sprāku
  3. inherited from spǣċ
  4. inherited from speche
  5. formed as hate speech — “hate + speech

Definitions

  1. Speech that attacks or disparages a person or group of persons on the basis of origin,…

    Speech that attacks or disparages a person or group of persons on the basis of origin, race, nationality, ethnicity, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or disability.

    • Facebook belatedly moved to further restrict hate speech that glorified violence against women after an organized social media campaign caused some companies like Nissan, the automaker, to withhold advertising from the site.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for hate speech. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA