alarmism
Americannoun
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Mr. Swaim makes a useful case against reflexive anti-data center alarmism, but he omits a key objection: noise.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026
In his majority opinion, Justice Neil Gorsuch—himself a gun rights enthusiast—dispatched with Oldham’s logic in a single paragraph, explaining that the judge’s approach favored hyperbolic alarmism over a statute’s actual “text and context.”
From Slate ● Jul. 10, 2025
Despite its note of alarmism, the Economist article mentioned above asks that question in entirely reasonable terms.
From Salon ● Jun. 29, 2025
Far from muting his new-found alarmism, he explained it.
From BBC ● Mar. 16, 2024
Let us beware, however, of exaggeration or alarmism.
From The Quarterly Review, Volume 162, No. 324, April, 1886 by Various
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