English

Alternative forms

• yellow menace
• yellow terror

Noun

yellow peril ‎(singulare tantum)

1. (derogatory, racially offensive, sometimes capitalized) The alleged threat to Western nations by East Asians, especially Chinese or Japanese people, due to their vast population, non-Western cultures, or supposed antagonism to the West.
2. (derogatory, racially offensive, sometimes capitalized) East Asian nations or peoples, conceived as threatening.

Synonyms

• (East Asian nations or peoples conceived as threatening): yellow horde

Translations

References

• yellow peril at OneLook Dictionary Search