"hate speech" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: From hate + speech. Compare Old English hetesprǣċ (“hateful speech”). Etymology templates: {{af|en|hate|speech}} hate + speech, {{cog|ang|hetesprǣċ|t=hateful speech}} Old English hetesprǣċ (“hateful speech”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} hate speech (uncountable)
  1. Speech that attacks or disparages a person or group of persons on the basis of origin, race, nationality, ethnicity, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or disability. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Freedom of speech, Racism Synonyms: hate-speech Translations (offensive speech): haatspraak (Afrikaans), 仇恨言論 (Chinese Mandarin), 仇恨言论 (chóuhèn yánlùn) (Chinese Mandarin), nenávistný projev [masculine] (Czech), hadefuld omtale (Danish), hate speech (Danish), vihakõne (Estonian), hatursumrøða [feminine] (Faroese), vihapuhe (Finnish), discours de haine [masculine] (French), Hetze [feminine] (German), Hassrede [feminine] (German), λόγος μίσους (lógos mísous) [masculine] (Greek), अभद्र भाषा (abhadra bhāṣā) (Hindi), gyűlöletbeszéd (Hungarian), hatursorðræða (Icelandic), ujaran kebencian (Indonesian), ヘイトスピーチ (heitosupīchi) (Japanese), 憎悪表現 (zōohyōgen) (Japanese), hets [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), mowa nienawiści (english: fashionable calque) [feminine] (Polish), szczucie (na kogoś) [neuter] (Polish), nagonka (na kogoś) [feminine] (Polish), discurso de ódio (Portuguese), discurs de instigare la ură [neuter] (Romanian), govor mržnje (Serbo-Croatian), discurso de odio [masculine] (Spanish), hatpropaganda (Swedish), ประทุษวาจา (bprà-tút-sà-waa-jaa) (Thai), nefret söylemi (Turkish), ngôn từ thù địch (Vietnamese), ngôn từ gây thù ghét (Vietnamese), האַסווערטער (hasverter) [plural] (Yiddish)

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      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "heitosupīchi",
      "sense": "offensive speech",
      "word": "ヘイトスピーチ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "zōohyōgen",
      "sense": "offensive speech",
      "word": "憎悪表現"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "offensive speech",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hets"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "english": "fashionable calque",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "offensive speech",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mowa nienawiści"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "offensive speech",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "szczucie (na kogoś)"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "offensive speech",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "nagonka (na kogoś)"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "offensive speech",
      "word": "discurso de ódio"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "offensive speech",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "discurs de instigare la ură"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "offensive speech",
      "word": "govor mržnje"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "offensive speech",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "discurso de odio"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "offensive speech",
      "word": "hatpropaganda"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "bprà-tút-sà-waa-jaa",
      "sense": "offensive speech",
      "word": "ประทุษวาจา"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "offensive speech",
      "word": "nefret söylemi"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "offensive speech",
      "word": "ngôn từ thù địch"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "offensive speech",
      "word": "ngôn từ gây thù ghét"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "hasverter",
      "sense": "offensive speech",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "האַסווערטער"
    }
  ],
  "word": "hate speech"
}

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