Fearmongering

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of spreading needless fear; exaggerating purported threats in order to incite fear. uncountable, usually

    "But the ongoing dip they describe is far more modest than people fearmongering about a T crisis make it out to be, and likely due to lifestyle factors like sedentariness and environmental pollutants messing with our bodies."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of fearmonger form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

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alarmismscaremongering

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"There's a lot of fearmongering over autonomous vehicles taking away trucking jobs, but the technology is far from ready for mass implementation."

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