Fearmongering
noun, verb
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Definitions
Noun
- 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 present participle and gerund of fearmonger form-of, gerund, participle, present
Synonyms
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More examples"There's a lot of fearmongering over autonomous vehicles taking away trucking jobs, but the technology is far from ready for mass implementation."