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Etymology

For sense 2, first popularised in 2014 in Malaysian academic journals and political commentaries. Adopted by the Malaysian government in August 2019 to discourage hate speech in light of the general elections on that year, which it began to refer as 3R.

Meanings

1. (abbreviation, alt-of) Abbreviation of reduce, reuse, recycle (“a waste management strategy”).
   alt of recycle
   alt of reduce
   alt of reuse
2. (Malaysia, abbreviation, alt-of) Abbreviation of race, religion, royalty (“referring to the Malay race, Islam, and the monarchy of Malaysia, three sensitive topics in the country”).
   alt of race
   alt of religion
   alt of royalty
   • Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has issued a final warning to all parties to not exploit issues touching on race, religion and the royal institution (3R) which can split the country.
3. (Malaysia, broadly) a violation of Malaysian law that involves insulting or attacking either one of those three topics.

Descendants

3R

wikipedia: 2018 Malaysian general election