hate-mongering
noun
hate-mon·ger·ing
ˈhāt-ˈməŋ-g(ə-)riŋ 
-ˈmäŋ-
variants
or hatemongering
: the act or practice of stirring up hatred or enmity in others
In the past, the band has been accused of hatemongering by some critics. By today's standards, however, Chuck's vehement preachings on self-determination and economic empowerment sound almost tame …—
Danyel Smith
Danyel Smith
hate-mongering
adjective
or hatemongering
Malcolm was reviled as a hate-mongering demagogue and revered as a martyr to the cause of freedom.
—Alex Haley
Alex Haley
hate-monger
noun
or hatemonger
ˈhāt-ˈməŋ-gər
-ˈmäŋ-
Derek is inducted into the neo-Nazi movement by a veteran hatemonger …, who uses him as a neighborhood recruitment agent.
—Owen Gleiberman
Owen Gleiberman
Examples of hate-mongering in a Sentence
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As Cory Booker breaks the senate speaking record with a broad indictment of our hate-mongering, self-enriching president, there’s undeniably something bracing about Clooney’s revisitation of Murrow’s story — and something wrenching, too.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2025
Funny-autocratic functions better in a society like that of the US, where the boundaries of acceptable insult are still shifting and mainstream hate-mongering still has to be light on its feet.
—Seyward Darby, Longreads, 7 Mar. 2024
The blame, the slurs, and the hate-mongering all over the media.
—Eli Cahan, Rolling Stone, 7 Mar. 2024
With his Maxine at his side—daughter of his late best friend Ganke, remembered as the hero of Brooklyn—Miles fights to protect his neighborhood from all threats, including a hate-monger dressed in the costume of Captain America, who wants to destroy anyone who doesn’t look like him.
—Joe George, menshealth.com, 5 Jan. 2022
Their news network, ATN, threw in with the worst of the worst in U.S. politics, propping up conspiracy theories, phony news and hate-mongering candidates, all in the name of retaining power and influence.
—Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2023
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Sara Holdren, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2025
Funny-autocratic functions better in a society like that of the US, where the boundaries of acceptable insult are still shifting and mainstream hate-mongering still has to be light on its feet.
—Seyward Darby, Longreads, 7 Mar. 2024
The blame, the slurs, and the hate-mongering all over the media.
—Eli Cahan, Rolling Stone, 7 Mar. 2024
With his Maxine at his side—daughter of his late best friend Ganke, remembered as the hero of Brooklyn—Miles fights to protect his neighborhood from all threats, including a hate-monger dressed in the costume of Captain America, who wants to destroy anyone who doesn’t look like him.
—Joe George, menshealth.com, 5 Jan. 2022
Their news network, ATN, threw in with the worst of the worst in U.S. politics, propping up conspiracy theories, phony news and hate-mongering candidates, all in the name of retaining power and influence.
—Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2023
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“Hate-mongering.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hate-mongering. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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