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scaremongering

American

[skair-mahng-ger-ing] / ˈskɛərˌmɑŋ gər ɪŋ /

noun

the practice or strategy of scaring or alarming people as a means of manipulating them; fearmongering.

adjective

scaring or alarming people as a means of manipulating them; fearmongering.

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scaremongering

Ms Marshall said: "It felt almost scaremongering to me. There is almost aggression behind what he was saying - offering a fixed price, quick deadlines, 14-day turnarounds, inflated numbers."

From BBC ● Dec. 17, 2025

"Currently with all the scaremongering and sensationalising they're not doing that."

From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2024

And while safety is at the core of such decisions, we should be cautious of scaremongering, says UniSA shark expert Dr Brianna Le Busque.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 14, 2023

In aggregate, spates of space-weather scaremongering are easy to predict because they’re usually tied to solar activity itself, which follows a roughly 11-year cycle.

From Scientific American ● Jan. 26, 2023

But Mr. Punch, with many others, has no sympathy to spare for the sorrows of the headline artist deprived for the time being of his chief opportunity of scaremongering.

From Mr. Punch's History of the Great War by Charles L. (Charles Larcom) Graves

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