单词 | race-baiting |
释义 | race-baitingn. U.S. The incitement or exploitation of racial hatred, prejudice, or tension, usually (esp. in later use) for political gain. ΚΠ 1923 N.Y. Times 12 Nov. 3/5 He deplored all prejudices, especially ‘race baiting’. 1942 Reno (Nevada) Evening Gaz. 25 May 4/2 It should be recognized that a program of race-baiting and name-calling can work against us as well as for us. 1985 G. E. Sims Little Man's Big Friend 37 Even after the 1948 Democratic primary demonstrated the popularity of racism, Folsom did not stoop to race baiting. 2006 Orlando (Florida) Sentinel (Nexis) 27 Apr. e1 I also don't want the candidates to rely on mudslinging and race-baiting to win votes. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). race-baitingadj. U.S. Of, engaging in, or characterized by race-baiting. ΚΠ 1937 Chicago Defender 15 May 8/3 Race-baiting Thomas Dixon, now 73, author of the novel, ‘The Clansmen’. 1970 S. Fisher Power & Black Community 76 Their tactics were no more ethical than those of the race-baiting Democrats of the day. 1991 Newsweek 16 Dec. 28/1 [He] threw his hat—or hood—into the ring with an announcement speech full of race-baiting code. 2005 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 10 Apr. iv. 4/2 [His] brand of race-baiting demagoguery plays well in parts of Africa's vast underclass, and to challenge him is to risk being branded a pawn of white colonialists. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1923adj.1937 |
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