What does alarmist mean?
Definitions for alarmist
əˈlɑr mɪstalarmist
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Princeton's WordNet
alarmistnoun
a person who alarms others needlessly
Wiktionary
alarmistnoun
One who causes others to become alarmed without cause.
Wikipedia
alarmist
Alarmism is excessive or exaggerated alarm of a real or imagined threat. Alarmism connotes attempts to excite fears or giving warnings of great danger in a manner that is amplified, overemphasized or unwarranted. In the news media, alarmism can often be found in the form of yellow journalism where reports sensationalise a story to exaggerate small risks.
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An alarmist is a person who tends to generate or spread fear or exaggerated warnings about potential negative situations, crises, or dangers, often causing unnecessary panic or anxiety among people. They typically emphasize and exaggerate the negative aspects of a situation, often with little evidence or rational basis.
Webster Dictionary
Alarmistnoun
one prone to sound or excite alarms, especially, needless alarms
Etymology: [Cf. F. alarmiste.]
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Anagrams for alarmist »
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of alarmist in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of alarmist in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of alarmist in a Sentence
While these symptoms lack specificity they will empower more people to alert EMS, on the flip side, a large proportion of worried well may also clog up limited EMS services if an alarmist approach is taken.
Right now, Twitter is the best way to get medical information out, because of the fact that everybody gets a voice [ on social media ], it's very easy for alarmist messages to pick up steam. We have to be constantly vigilant about trying to get that panic under control and spread a different message.
It was a little surprising to see Apple Watches reach for the alarmist approach and position their devices as potential life savers.
They were deliberately deceiving the American people and the Congress, they were pretending otherwise, because in that way, they could portray [Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu - who gave an accurate assessment - as an alarmist, trying to stir up war.
I consider myself more a realist than an alarmist.
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