hatemongering
- noun
- /ˈheɪtˌmʌŋɡərɪŋ/
- Offensive
- That means concentrating on white achievements and civilization, avoiding hatemongering and denigrating other folk (unless forced to, obviously).
Examples
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Just this week, the Vatican's chief official in the Holy Land gave a scathing condemnation of the Israeli government and its educational system, which it accused of hatemongering against Christians and Muslims.
Blog text (28) -
What conditions would have enabled them to resist the hatemongering that, as one informant said, "made the war inevitable before the first shot was even fired"?
Academic text (1997) -
But there were (and still are) women involved in hatemongering, and probably more.
Academic text (1997) -
Humanists have a responsibility to confront hatemongering.
Academic text (1999) -
I still only see the hatemongering, racist, anti-Semite, "reverend" from the eighties.
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I'm so sorry she has the power to destroy your SS's sense of well-being and security and to invade your household with her hatemongering.
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My father was both an articulate defender of traditional Mennonite pacifism and a critic of the hatemongering preacher Gerald Winrod and his anti-Semitic propaganda.
Academic text (1999) -
The politician's speech was filled with hatemongering that incited violence against minority groups.
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The article highlighted the dangers of hatemongering in social media and its impact on community relations.
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Activists rallied against the hatemongering rhetoric that had taken hold in public discourse.
Synonyms
Speech that attacks a group and encourages others to harm or treat them unfairly, like race, religion, gender
To win support by using strong emotion and fear in speeches
Saying or writing very harsh and unfair things about someone to damage their reputation
Antonyms
How Hateful
Surface Forms
Morphology
hatemongering = hatemonger (semi-transparent) = hate + monger + ing
Adding '-ing' to 'hatemonger' is a regular and easily recognized derivation, though the base compound itself is only partly transparent.
Etymology
Hatemongering as a noun comes from hate + monger, with monger meaning 'seller' or someone who 'spreads' ideas, as in fishmonger or warmonger. So, hatemongering is the act of spreading or 'selling' hate in speech, writing, or actions.