YELLOW PERIL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does yellow peril mean? 

• YELLOW PERIL (noun)
  The noun YELLOW PERIL has 1 sense:

1. the threat to Western civilization said to arise from the power of Asiatic peoples

  Familiarity information: YELLOW PERIL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• YELLOW PERIL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The threat to Western civilization said to arise from the power of Asiatic peoples

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("yellow peril" is a kind of...):

menace; threat (something that is a source of danger)