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Fearmonger

//ˈfɪəmʌŋɡə// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Someone who spreads fear.

    "I think the Tea Partiers, despite their contradictions, are not all wrong about Big Government. But I worry that, in time, a clever fearmonger could manipulate popular opinion into an electoral mandate."

Verb
  1. 1
    To spread fear. intransitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

From fear + monger (“dealer in a specific commodity; (by extension) person promoting something undesirable”).

Etymology 2

Back-formation from fearmongering.

See also for "fearmonger"

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