white terror

== English == === Etymology === By analogy with red terror, with the "white" Thermidorian Reaction against the "red" reign of terror. === Noun === white terror (countable and uncountable, plural white terrors) (politics) Coordinated violence committed against (actual or imagined) socialists and their sympathizers. Antonym: red terror (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:) (politics, Hong Kong) The erosion of democratic freedoms under Chinese rule. ==== Translations ====