Meanings
nounhate speech (uncountable)
alternative hate-speech
- uncountableSpeech 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.
Facebook belatedly moved to further restrict hate speech that glorified violence against women after an organized social media campaign caused some companies like Nissan, the automaker, to withhold advertising from the site.
2013 May 30, “Hate Speech on Facebook”, in New York Times
Origin
From hate + speech. Compare Old English hetesprǣċ (“hateful speech”).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans haatspraak
- haatspraakoffensive speech
Chinese Mandarin 仇恨言論 /仇恨言论
- 仇恨言論 /仇恨言论 (chóuhèn yánlùn)offensive speech
Czech nenávistný projev
- nenávistný projevoffensive speech
Danish hadefuld omtale, hate speech
- hadefuld omtaleoffensive speech
- hate speechoffensive speech
Dutch haatspraak
- haatspraakoffensive speech
Estonian vihakõne
- vihakõneoffensive speech
Finnish vihapuhe
- vihapuheoffensive speech
French discours de haine
- discours de haineoffensive speech
German Hetze, Hassrede
- Hetzeoffensive speech
- Hassredeoffensive speech
Greek λόγος μίσους
- λόγος μίσους (lógos mísous)offensive speech
Hindi अभद्र भाषा
- अभद्र भाषा (abhadra bhāṣā)offensive speech
Hungarian gyűlöletbeszéd
- gyűlöletbeszédoffensive speech
Icelandic hatursorðræða
- hatursorðræðaoffensive speech
Indonesian ujaran kebencian
- ujaran kebencianoffensive speech
Japanese ヘイトスピーチ, 憎悪表現
- ヘイトスピーチ (heitosupīchi)offensive speech
- 憎悪表現 (zōohyōgen)offensive speech
Malay ucapan hina, bahasa hina
- ucapan hinaoffensive speech
- bahasa hinaoffensive speech
Norwegian Bokmål hets
- hetsoffensive speech
Polish mowa nienawiści, szczucie (na kogoś)
- mowa nienawiścioffensive speech
- szczucie (na kogoś)offensive speech
- nagonka (na kogoś)offensive speech
Portuguese discurso de ódio
- discurso de ódiooffensive speech
Romanian discurs de instigare la ură
- discurs de instigare la urăoffensive speech
Spanish discurso de odio
- discurso de odiooffensive speech
Swedish hatpropaganda
- hatpropagandaoffensive speech
Thai ประทุษวาจา
- ประทุษวาจา (bprà-tút-sà-waa-jaa)offensive speech
Turkish nefret söylemi
- nefret söylemioffensive speech
Vietnamese ngôn từ thù địch, ngôn từ gây thù ghét
- ngôn từ thù địchoffensive speech
- ngôn từ gây thù ghétoffensive speech
Yiddish האַסווערטער
- האַסווערטער (hasverter)offensive speech
Cite this entry
APA
hate speech. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hate%20speech
MLA
“hate speech.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hate%20speech. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hate speech,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hate%20speech.
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