"alarmist" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /əˈlɑɹmɪst/ [General-American]
Etymology: From alarm + -ist. Etymology templates: {{suf|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)
    Sense id: en-alarmist-en-adj-EW~uFI42

Noun

IPA: /əˈlɑɹmɪst/ [General-American] Forms: alarmists [plural]
Etymology: From alarm + -ist. Etymology templates: {{suf|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)
    Sense id: en-alarmist-en-noun-8fXqZha0 Disambiguation of People: 0 100 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ist Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 66 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 27 73 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ist: 23 77

Inflected forms

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