Phrase guide

hate speech

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From hate + speech. Compare Old English hetesprǣċ (“hateful speech”).

Across languages

Translations

36 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: haatspraak — offensive speech
  • Azerbaijani: nifrət nitqi — offensive speech
  • Chinese Mandarin: 仇恨言論 /仇恨言论 (chóuhèn yánlùn) — offensive speech
  • Czech: nenávistný projev — offensive speech
  • Danish: hadefuld omtale — offensive speech
  • Danish: hate speech — offensive speech
  • Dutch: haatspraak — offensive speech
  • Estonian: vihakõne — offensive speech
  • Faroese: hatursumrøða — offensive speech
  • Finnish: vihapuhe — offensive speech
  • French: discours de haine — offensive speech
  • German: Hetze — offensive speech
  • German: Hassrede — offensive speech
  • Greek: λόγος μίσους (lógos mísous) — offensive speech
  • Hindi: अभद्र भाषा (abhadra bhāṣā) — offensive speech
  • Hungarian: gyűlöletbeszéd — offensive speech
  • Icelandic: hatursorðræða — offensive speech
  • Indonesian: ujaran kebencian — offensive speech
  • Japanese: ヘイトスピーチ (heitosupīchi) — offensive speech
  • Japanese: 憎悪表現 (zōohyōgen) — offensive speech
  • Malay: ucapan hina — offensive speech
  • Malay: bahasa hina — offensive speech
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hets — offensive speech
  • Polish: mowa nienawiści — offensive speech
  • Polish: szczucie (na kogoś) — offensive speech
  • Polish: nagonka (na kogoś) — offensive speech
  • Portuguese: discurso de ódio — offensive speech
  • Romanian: discurs de instigare la ură — offensive speech
  • Serbo-Croatian: govor mržnje — offensive speech
  • Spanish: discurso de odio — offensive speech
  • Swedish: hatpropaganda — offensive speech
  • Thai: ประทุษวาจา (bprà-tút-sà-waa-jaa) — offensive speech
  • Turkish: nefret söylemi — offensive speech
  • Vietnamese: ngôn từ thù địch — offensive speech
  • Vietnamese: ngôn từ gây thù ghét — offensive speech
  • Yiddish: האַסווערטער (hasverter) — offensive speech