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 Definitions of yellow peril  [ˈyɛl oʊˌlɛgz]  

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Definition of 'yellow peril' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) yellow peril
(sometimes caps.) the alleged threat posed to Western societies by the expansion of the numerically superior Asian peoples.

Etymology:  (1895–1900)

Definition of 'yellow peril' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) yellow peril
the threat to Western civilization said to arise from the power of Asiatic peoples

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