Alarmism

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The raising of needless alarms. uncountable, usually

    "Even as the White House highlighted what it considers alarmism in reporting of the surge in cases of the Delta coronavirus variant across the US, reports in the same national media suggested vaccinations are increasing in hotspot areas."

  2. 2
    needless warnings wordnet

Synonyms

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fearmongering

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"Even as the White House highlighted what it considers alarmism in reporting of the surge in cases of the Delta coronavirus variant across the US, reports in the same national media suggested vaccinations are increasing in hotspot areas."

Etymology

From alarm + -ism.

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