"alarmist" meaning in English

See alarmist in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /əˈlɑɹmɪst/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Paul2520-alarmist.wav
Etymology: From alarm + -ist. Etymology templates: {{af|en|alarm|-ist}} alarm + -ist Head templates: {{head|en|adjective}} alarmist
  1. Of or relating to causing others to become alarmed without cause. Translations (of or relating to causing others to become alarmed without cause): alarmistický (Czech), alarmistyczny (Polish)
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Noun

IPA: /əˈlɑɹmɪst/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Paul2520-alarmist.wav Forms: alarmists [plural]
Etymology: From alarm + -ist. Etymology templates: {{af|en|alarm|-ist}} alarm + -ist Head templates: {{en-noun}} alarmist (plural alarmists)
  1. One who causes others to become alarmed without cause. Categories (topical): People Synonyms: fearmonger, panicmonger, scaremonger Derived forms: antialarmist, ecoalarmist, nonalarmist, unalarmist, warmist Related terms: alarm, alarmism Translations (one who causes others to become alarmed without cause): паникьо́р (panikjór) [masculine] (Bulgarian), alarmista [feminine, masculine] (Catalan), alarmista [masculine] (Czech), alarmisto (Esperanto), alarmistino [feminine] (Esperanto), alarmisti (Finnish), pelon lietsoja (Finnish), alarmiste [feminine, masculine] (French), alarmista [feminine, masculine] (Galician), Panikmacher [masculine] (German), Panikmacherin [feminine] (German), Alarmist [masculine] (German), Alarmistin [feminine] (German), Angstmacher [masculine] (German), Angstmacherin [feminine] (German), Panikverbreiter [masculine] (German), Panikverbreiterin [feminine] (German), panikarz [masculine] (Polish), panikarka [feminine] (Polish), alarmista [dated, masculine] (Polish), alarmista [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), аларми́ст (alarmíst) [masculine] (Russian), аларми́стка (alarmístka) [feminine] (Russian), паникёр (panikjór) [masculine] (Russian), паникёрша (panikjórša) [feminine] (Russian), alarmista [feminine, masculine] (Spanish)
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "one who causes others to become alarmed without cause",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "alarmistino"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "one who causes others to become alarmed without cause",
      "word": "alarmisti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "one who causes others to become alarmed without cause",
      "word": "pelon lietsoja"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "one who causes others to become alarmed without cause",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "alarmiste"
    },
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "one who causes others to become alarmed without cause",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "alarmista"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "one who causes others to become alarmed without cause",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Panikmacher"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "one who causes others to become alarmed without cause",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Panikmacherin"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "one who causes others to become alarmed without cause",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Alarmist"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "one who causes others to become alarmed without cause",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Alarmistin"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "one who causes others to become alarmed without cause",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Angstmacher"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "one who causes others to become alarmed without cause",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Angstmacherin"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "one who causes others to become alarmed without cause",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Panikverbreiter"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "one who causes others to become alarmed without cause",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Panikverbreiterin"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "one who causes others to become alarmed without cause",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "panikarz"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "one who causes others to become alarmed without cause",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "panikarka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "one who causes others to become alarmed without cause",
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "alarmista"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "one who causes others to become alarmed without cause",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "alarmista"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "alarmíst",
      "sense": "one who causes others to become alarmed without cause",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "аларми́ст"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "alarmístka",
      "sense": "one who causes others to become alarmed without cause",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "аларми́стка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "panikjór",
      "sense": "one who causes others to become alarmed without cause",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "паникёр"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "panikjórša",
      "sense": "one who causes others to become alarmed without cause",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "паникёрша"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "one who causes others to become alarmed without cause",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "alarmista"
    }
  ],
  "word": "alarmist"
}

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    "Terms with Catalan translations",
    "Terms with Czech translations",
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          "ref": "1979, Peter Flynn, Brazil: a political analysis, →ISBN, page 186:",
          "text": "This deliberately alarmist scaremongery has since been repeated on various occasions, notably in Brazil before 1964 and in Chile under Allende.",
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      "ipa": "/əˈlɑɹmɪst/",
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    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "of or relating to causing others to become alarmed without cause",
      "word": "alarmistický"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "of or relating to causing others to become alarmed without cause",
      "word": "alarmistyczny"
    }
  ],
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}

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