fearmongering
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fearmongering
verb
- present participle and gerund of fearmonger
noun fearmongerings
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The act of spreading needless fear; exaggerating purported threats in order to incite fear.
But the ongoing dip they describe is far more modest than people fearmongering about a T crisis make it out to be, and likely due to lifestyle factors like sedentariness and environmental pollutants messing with our bodies.
Similar: alarmism, scaremongering
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noun spreading needless fear
| Français | alarmisme |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Panikmache, Angstmacherei, Angstparolen |
| Ελληνικά | κινδυνολογία kindynología |
| Русский | паникёрство panikjórstvo, аларми́зм alarmízm, провоци́рование provocírovanije, раска́чивание raskáčivanije, раздува́ние razduvánije, нагнета́ние nagnetánije |
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title = {fearmongering},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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