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alarmist

[uh-lahr-mist]

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noun

a person who tends to raise alarms, especially without sufficient reason, as by exaggerating dangers or prophesying calamities.

adjective

of or like an alarmist.

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Origin:
1795–1805; alarm + -ist

Related forms

a·larm·ism, noun

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alarmist (əˈlɑːmɪst)

—n
1.	a person who alarms or attempts to alarm others needlessly or without due grounds
2.	a person who is easily alarmed

—*adj*
3.	characteristic of an alarmist

a'larmism

—n

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alarmist

"one addicted to sounding alarms," 1793, from alarm (q.v.) + -ist.

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