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See also: fear monger
English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- fear monger (noun and verb)
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Noun[edit]
fearmonger (plural fearmongers)
- Someone who spreads fear.
- Synonyms: alarmist, panicmonger, scaremonger
- 2010 December 4, Evan Thomas, “Why It's Time to Worry”, in Newsweek:
- I worry that, in time, a clever fearmonger could manipulate popular opinion into an electoral mandate.
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
alarmist — see alarmist
Etymology 2[edit]
Back-formation from fearmongering.
Verb[edit]
fearmonger (third-person singular simple present fearmongers, present participle fearmongering, simple past and past participle fearmongered)