fearmongering

[feer-mahng-ger-ing]

noun

1. the practice or strategy of trying to make people fearful or anxious as a means of manipulating them.

adjective

1. trying to make people fearful or anxious as a means of manipulating them.

Example Sentences

Tellingly, it’s not just Republicans engaging in this fearmongering.

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Professor Sarah Berry, senior author and Professor of Nutritional Sciences at King's College London, explained: "With the current demonization of everything processed, this research highlights that not all food processing is bad for us! The process of interesterification allows the generation of hard fats in place of harmful trans fats, whilst also enabling manufacturers to reduce the saturated fat content of spreads and foods. Given the widespread use of the process of interesterification of fats and the fearmongering around food processing, this research is timely."

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If there were a rational way to respond to the president’s nonsensically grandiose fearmongering — “I don’t know what could be worse than Portland. You don’t even have sewers anymore. They don’t even put glass up. They put plywood on their windows” — this time has passed, especially since he’s achieved enough media capture that he’s never pushed to provide specifics for his wild claims.

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“Why are we fearmongering over the bare minimum that helps pregnant women?”

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Russia has denied it is behind the drones, saying that European leaders are fearmongering in an effort to justify increased military spending.

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