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YELLOW PERIL

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• 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.

• YELLOW PERIL (noun)

Sense 1

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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)

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(English proverb)
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(Albanian proverb)
"If there's no choice but advice, ask for the decisiveness of an advisor or the advice of a decisive person."
(Arabic proverb)
"A curse turns against the one who uttered it."
(Corsican proverb)

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