hate speech

[ heyt speech ]

noun

1. speech, writing, or nonverbal communication that attacks, threatens, or insults a person or group on the basis of national origin, ethnicity, skin color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or disability:

   The racist graffiti was condemned as hate speech.

hate speech

noun

1. speech disparaging a racial, sexual, or ethnic group or a member of such a group

Word History and Origins

Origin of hate speech¹

First recorded in 1935–40

Example Sentences

"In my view, this kind of talk from the Minister in the Presidency is disgraceful and dangerous hate speech," one user said.

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He said he had decided to buy the site so he could remove its policies of moderating content and banning users who had deemed to have violated its rules on hate speech and disinformation.

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Beheadings, mass killings, child abuse, hate speech – all of it ends up in the inboxes of a global army of content moderators.

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TikTok says its community guidelines strictly prohibit hate speech and content promoting discrimination, violence or harm based on disability.

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In Republican party campaign videos in the days before the US election, Trump questioned the fighter's biological sex, using it as an example of how he claimed "speaking the truth" had become "hate speech" under Joe Biden's government.

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