hatemongering means the behaviour of a hatemonger; the spreading of hatred. It carries an Arena rating of 1328, earned across 3 head-to-head judged battles.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, hatemongering ranks #2,282 of 17,138 for Most Incisive Words, #2,659 of 17,127 for Words That Escaped Their Books, #2,760 of 17,131 for Scariest Words, #4,165 of 17,134 for Most Malleable Words.
Why “hatemongering” is a great word
HATEMONGERING — [Noun] The systematic act of arousing and spreading hatred, prejudice, or enmity, particularly against a social or ethnic group. The word is built from the compound 'hatemonger,' which fuses 'hate' (intense dislike) with 'monger' (a dealer or trader), and the suffix '-ing' denoting action; it first entered the lexicon in the crucible of 1917. Unlike "incitement" (which specifically urges unlawful or violent action) or "criticism" (which can involve reasoned, objective judgment), hatemongering traffics in the slow, atmospheric poisoning of the communal well. It is the rancorous pamphlet slipped under a thousand doors, the radio broadcast that twists a neighbor's accent into a threat, and the algorithmically-fed whisper that curdles casual difference into conspiracy. It is the cold industry of turning human beings into abstractions fit only for contempt.
Etymology
From hatemonger + -ing.
noun
- The behaviour of a hatemonger; the spreading of hatred.
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