What does alarmist mean?
Alarmist means One who causes others to become alarmed without cause..
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/əˈlɑɹmɪst/ · noun
One who causes others to become alarmed without cause..
I don't mean to be an alarmist, but I do think you should prepare yourself for the worst.
No German troops were mobilized along Canada's border last week, no Canadian cities had been bombed, and only by the remotest flight of fancy could alarmists see the Dominion as a battleground.
This deliberately alarmist scaremongery has since been repeated on various occasions, notably in Brazil before 1964 and in Chile under Allende.
Use alarmist when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Alarmist means One who causes others to become alarmed without cause..
Common synonyms include fearmonger, panicmonger, scaremonger.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
I don't mean to be an alarmist, but I do think you should prepare yourself for the worst.
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