alarmist
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- noun
- /əˈlɑrmɪst/
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alarmista
- You're being an alarmist just like you were back then.
- seems alarmist
- more alarmist
I don't think the domestic dangers or anything like as serious as the alarmists on the Democratic side make them out to be.
- I don't think the domestic dangers or anything like as serious as the alarmists on the Democratic side make them out to be.
- And everyone in an institutional framework was terrified that they didn't want to be seen as the alarmist, the Chicken Little.
- I have been known as a Trump alarmist and now I'm saying I'm not even, I'm not even nervous.
Examples
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I regard this report as alarmist, irresponsible and supported by insufficient evidence.
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I don't think you're being an alarmist.
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Then perhaps I am, after all, being too alarmist about what all this means.
Academic text (1998) -
So on the one hand we have alarmist scientists, I get it.
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Perhaps the facts are alarmist, but they speak for themselves.
Academic text (1996) -
Such a view may be alarmist, yet the evidence is disturbing.
Academic text (2000) -
I'm a scientist, not an alarmist.
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I don't mean to be an alarmist, but it's 11:30 already.
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Contrary to alarmist forecasts, OPEC never acquired the power to set oil prices.
Academic text (1998) -
He is often considered an alarmist because he constantly warns about dangers that are unlikely to happen.
Synonyms
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A person who spreads scary stories to make people worried
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A person who makes news seem more shocking to get attention
How Alarmist
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Alarmist comes from alarm + -ist; alarm began as a battle cry meaning 'to the arms', and -ist means 'a person who', as in artist. So an alarmist is someone who gives alarms or warnings, often too loudly and causing fear.