Alarmism

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A tendency to create alarms, or to be alarmed needlessly; a state of needless alarm; the condition or practice of an alarmist.
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  • noun. the act of giving, or tendency to give, needless warnings.
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  • noun. The production of needless alarms.
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  • noun. needless warnings
    • Word Usage
    "On the right, flamboyant talking head/provocateur Ann Coulter defended the imagined health benefits of a release of radiation to counter what she calls the alarmism of the environmentalists."
    cross-reference
    scaremonger  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    warning  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    andlocal  build-out  camp/eco  cleanups  condi  
    verb-stem
    alarm  
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