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yellow peril
or Yellow Periln. Offensive
The supposed danger posed to Western interests by the increasing population of Asian peoples, especially as depicted in print media in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
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yellow peril
n
(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) the power or alleged power of Asiatic peoples, esp the Chinese, to threaten or destroy the supremacy of White or Western civilization
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yel′low per′il
n.
(sometimes caps.) the alleged threat posed to Western societies by the expansion of the numerically superior Asian peoples.
[1895–1900]
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Noun | 1. | yellow peril - the threat to Western civilization said to arise from the power of Asiatic peoples |
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