Meaning Of The Word Alarmist

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alarmist
adjective: Someone or something that is alarmist causes unnecessary fear or anxiety that something unpleasant or dangerous is going to happen.
countable noun: An alarmist is someone who causes unnecessary fear or anxiety that something unpleasant or dangerous might happen.

alarmist in American English
a person who habitually spreads alarming rumors, exaggerated reports of danger, etc.
adjective: of or like an alarmist
noun: a person who tends to raise alarms, esp. without sufficient reason, as by exaggerating dangers or prophesying calamities

alarmist in British English
adjective: characteristic of an alarmist
noun: a person who alarms or attempts to alarm others needlessly or without due grounds

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