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alarmist

American  
[uh-lahr-mist] / əˈlɑr mɪst /

noun

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

adjective

  1. of or like an alarmist.

alarmist British  
/ əˈlɑːmɪst /

noun

  1. a person who alarms or attempts to alarm others needlessly or without due grounds

  2. a person who is easily alarmed

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adjective

  1. characteristic of an alarmist

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Origin of alarmist

First recorded in 1795–1805; alarm + -ist

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