-baiting

1. a combining form used to describe hate speech and other rhetoric or depictions that target a minoritized group in order to denigrate that group or for the purpose of pitting different identity groups against one another.

   gender-baiting;

   queerbaiting;

   race-baiting.

Word History and Origins

Origin of -baiting¹

First recorded in 1920–25; from bait ( def. ) (in the sense “to worry, torment”) + -ing ¹ ( def. ); modeled after Jew-baiting ( def. )

Example Sentences

The West Australian newspaper has been baiting the England team since they arrived in Perth.

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“Fish?” she said weakly, for the idea of baiting a hook made her queasy all over again.

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In fact, his resistance is the only thing baiting them on and it may not be an accident.

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“We know that they’re baiting Oakland, and that’s why San Francisco, all of a sudden, is off the table,” Jones Dickson said Thursday morning.

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“We know that they’re baiting Oakland, and that’s why San Francisco, all of a sudden, is off the table,” Jones Dickson said.

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