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alarmist noun [ əˈlɑːmɪst ]

• someone who exaggerates a danger and so causes needless worry or panic.
• "the problem is a fabrication by alarmists"
Similar: scaremonger, gloom-monger, doom-monger, voice of doom, doomster, doomsayer, doom merchant, Cassandra, fatalist, pessimist, killjoy, misery, doom and gloom merchant, wet blanket,
Opposite: optimist, Pollyanna,

alarmist adjective

• creating needless worry or panic.
• "alarmist rumours"


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