Alarmist meaning

ə-lärmĭst
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A person who needlessly alarms others, as by spreading exaggerated rumors of impending danger.
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A person who habitually spreads alarming rumors, exaggerated reports of danger, etc.
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Of or like an alarmist.
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One who causes others to become alarmed without cause.
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Origin of alarmist

  • alarm +‎ -ist

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Alarmist Sentence Examples

  • His devotion to Protestantism made him feverishly alive to the perils which threatened the Reformation; and he took an alarmist view of every situation.

  • The educated classes characteristically furnished Federalism with a remarkable body of alarmist leaders; and thus it happened that Jefferson, because, with only a few of his great contemporaries, he had a thorough trust and confidence in the people, became the idol of American democracy.

  • Without wishing to sound alarmist, the direct and indirect effects of stress on health can be serious.

  • It has fervent fans as well as many who dislike its alarmist style.

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