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Noun: yellow peril  'ye-low'pe-rul
Usage: offensive
  1. The threat to Western civilization said to arise from the power of Asiatic peoples
    "The concept of the yellow peril was a racist ideology prevalent in the late 19th and early 20th centuries"

Derived forms: yellow perils

Type of: menace, threat

Encyclopedia: Yellow peril