"fearmongering" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: fearmongerings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} fearmongering (usually uncountable, plural fearmongerings)
  1. The act of spreading needless fear; exaggerating purported threats in order to incite fear. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Fear Synonyms: alarmism, scaremongering Translations (spreading needless fear): pelonlietsonta (Finnish), alarmisme [masculine] (French), Panikmache [feminine] (German), Angstmacherei [feminine] (German), Angstparolen [feminine, plural] (German), κινδυνολογία (kindynología) [feminine] (Greek), riogatás (Hungarian), rettegtetés (Hungarian), félelemkeltés (Hungarian), pánikkeltés (Hungarian), vészmadárkodás (Hungarian), rémhírterjesztés (Hungarian), sianie strachu [neuter] (Polish), паникёрство (panikjórstvo) [neuter] (Russian), аларми́зм (alarmízm) [masculine] (Russian), провоци́рование (provocírovanije) [neuter] (Russian), раска́чивание (raskáčivanije) [neuter] (Russian), раздува́ние (razduvánije) [neuter] (Russian), нагнета́ние (nagnetánije) [neuter] (Russian), се́яние n па́ники (séjanije) [feminine] (Russian), korku tüccarlığı (Turkish)
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Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} fearmongering
  1. present participle and gerund of fearmonger Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: fearmonger
    Sense id: en-fearmongering-en-verb-cRLqkRT1

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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