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

The hate-mongering by white supremacists … has widespread implications in an election season in which fringe rhetoric and beliefs … have become mainstreamed.

—Roger Hirschberg

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

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

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

Examples of hate-mongering in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

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

Word History

First Known Use

1917, in the meaning defined above