white terror
white terror · white terrors
Coordinated violence committed against socialists and their sympathizersCoordinated violence committed against (actual or imagined) socialists and their sympathizers.
Meaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)Coordinated violence committed against (actual or imagined) socialists and their sympathizers.
(Hong Kong, countable, uncountable)The erosion of democratic freedoms under Chinese rule.
Translations
5 languagesOrigin
By analogy with red terror, with the "white" Thermidorian Reaction against the "red" reignBy analogy with red terror, with the "white" Thermidorian Reaction against the "red" reign of terror.
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Forms
plural: white terrors| Singular | white terror |
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Antonyms
1 antonymsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable