alarmist
a person who tends to raise alarms, especially without sufficient reason, as by exaggerating dangers or prophesying calamities.
of or like an alarmist.
Origin of alarmist
1Other words from alarmist
- a·larm·ism, noun
Words Nearby alarmist
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How to use alarmist in a sentence
When Stamos proposed a redesign of the company’s organization to prevent a repeat of the issue, other leaders dismissed the idea as “alarmist” and focused their resources on getting control of the public narrative and keeping regulators at bay.
“At the risk of sounding alarmist,” she said, “people need to realize that this can still go bad in so many ways.”
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine seeks to incentivize coronavirus vaccines with chance to win $1 million | Colby Itkowitz | May 13, 2021 | Washington PostShe compellingly describes feeling pressure to not be an alarmist climate scientist—even though she was very alarmed—because scientists are taught to be dispassionate.
I don’t mean that hyperbolically either and I’m not generally an alarmist.
Is Google moving towards greater search equity? | Mordy Oberstein | March 10, 2021 | Search Engine WatchThe people in this group generally aren’t as alarmist as the this-is-an-emergency camp.
Democrats Are Split Over How Much The Party And American Democracy Itself Are In Danger | Perry Bacon Jr. (perry.bacon@fivethirtyeight.com) | February 26, 2021 | FiveThirtyEight
But no longer seen as alarmist, MSF are the heroes with GOAL, an Irish NGO, and the International Medical Corps among others.
In Sierra Leone, the Plague Is Closing in Around Us | Ned Eustace | October 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTGraedon comes down firmly on the side of the luddites, but her vision of the future is less alarmist than alarmingly within reach.
I agree, of course, that health advice is alarmist, and increasingly contradictory.
While his statement may seem alarmist, even a senior official of the National Police Agency agrees.
Japan’s new Secrets Bill Threatens To Muzzle The Press and Whistleblowers | Jake Adelstein, Nathalie-Kyoko Stucky | November 29, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThey're not, but the alarmist numbers are more likely to get media attention.
Department of Awful Statistics: Are Mass Shootings Really On the Rise? | Megan McArdle | January 28, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTAfter the losses in our last battle, I trust that I shall no longer be regarded as an alarmist.
Nurse and Spy in the Union Army | S. Emma E. EdmondsBerwick was puzzled but he knew that Jim was no alarmist who would start on a wild goose chase, without rhyme or reason.
Frontier Boys in Frisco | Wyn RooseveltThe alarmist tells us that armaments are our only sure guarantee of peace.
The Fall of a Nation | Thomas DixonI am rather the other way, so they call me a cynic and an alarmist.
The Half-Hearted | John BuchanIn addition to the alarmist and the prejudiced, careful and thoughtful citizens were aroused to the danger.
Our Foreigners | Samuel P. Orth
British Dictionary definitions for alarmist
/ (əˈlɑːmɪst) /
a person who alarms or attempts to alarm others needlessly or without due grounds
a person who is easily alarmed
characteristic of an alarmist
Derived forms of alarmist
- alarmism, noun
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