---
license: cc-by-nc-sa-4.0
language:
- es
tags:
- hate speech
- xenophobia
- inmigrant
- misogyny
- insults
pretty_name: hate-speech-spanish-lexicons
configs:
- config_name: default
  data_files:
  - split: xenophobia
    path: lexicons/train_xenophobia_lexicon.txt
  - split: inmigrant
    path: lexicons/train_immigrant_lexicon.txt
  - split: misogyny
    path: lexicons/train_misogyny_lexicon.txt
  - split: insults
    path: lexicons/train_insults_lexicon.txt
---
### Dataset Description

**Paper**: [Detecting Misogyny and Xenophobia in Spanish Tweets Using Language Technologies](https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3369869)

**Point of Contact**: flor.plaza@unibocconi.it

- Xenophobia lexicon. Hateful lexicon toward immigrants. It contains a total of 44 words.
- Immigrant lexicon. Contains words that refer to the nationality of an immigrant. It contains a total of 250 words.
- Misogyny lexicon. Hateful lexicon toward women. It contains a total of 183 words.
- Insults lexicon. General insults. It contains a total of 279 words.

### Source Data
Twitter

### Licensing Information
hate-speech-spanish-lexicons is released under the [Apache-2.0 License](http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0). 


### Citation Information
```bibtex
@article{plaza2020detecting,
  title={Detecting Misogyny and Xenophobia in Spanish Tweets Using Language Technologies},
  author={Plaza-Del-Arco, Flor-Miriam and Molina-Gonz{\'a}lez, M Dolores and Ure{\~n}a-L{\'o}pez, L Alfonso and Mart{\'\i}n-Valdivia, M Teresa},
  journal={ACM Transactions on Internet Technology (TOIT)},
  volume={20},
  number={2},
  pages={1--19},
  year={2020},
  publisher={ACM New York, NY, USA}
}
```