-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

Newsom is throwing red meat to the resistance while baiting the right.

From Salon

He said the baiting programme is "something we do quite reluctantly because it isn't ideal in a natural environment to be using rodenticide".

From BBC

They can then implement targeted baiting programs using oats treated with diphacinone — a slow-acting poison — and keep the bait stations full for about four weeks.

From Los Angeles Times

The teacher said they were baiting each other, with the defendant admitting he taunted Harvey in an effort to get him to lose his cool.

From BBC

And Fogelman enjoys baiting him, telling Brown that if they played a game of one-on-one basketball, Fogelman would get at least one point.

From Los Angeles Times