Definitions for yellow peril
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
yel′low per′il(n.)
(sometimes caps.) the alleged threat posed to Western societies by the expansion of the numerically superior Asian peoples.
Category: Status (usage)
Origin of yellow peril:
1895–1900
Princeton's WordNet
yellow peril(noun)
the threat to Western civilization said to arise from the power of Asiatic peoples
Wiktionary
yellow peril(Noun)
The alleged threat to Western nations by East Asians, especially Chinese or Japanese people, due to their vast population, non-Western cultures, or supposed antagonism to the West.
yellow peril(Noun)
East Asian nations or peoples, conceived as threatening.
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