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  1. yellow perils: Merriam-Webster
  2. yellow perils: Collins English Dictionary
  3. yellow perils: Vocabulary.com

(Note: See yellow_peril as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (Yellow Peril)

noun:  (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.
noun:  (derogatory, racially offensive, sometimes capitalized) East Asian nations or peoples, conceived as threatening.
noun:  Alternative letter-case form of yellow peril [(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.]
▸ Also see yellow_peril


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