scaremongering

[skair-mahng-ger-ing]

noun

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

adjective

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

Example Sentences

Taxpayers footing the bill for ObamaCare subsidies shouldn’t be fooled by the scaremongering of the welfare-industrial complex.

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Liberals have to respond to this dismantling of public health and this scaremongering about autistic people.

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When I asked if it was irresponsible or scaremongering to suggest schools might have to "teach our children what to do in case of a mass shooting," they argued it is about holding Nigel Farage to account for remarks he made 11 years ago.

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In June, Democratic Unionist Party councillor Tracy Kelly expressed concern but warned against "scaremongering".

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One Labour MP, Nadia Whittome, accused the prime minister of mimicking "the scaremongering of the far-right".

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