moral panic

See also: moral-panic

English

Etymology

Coined in 1972 by Stanley Cohen, who coined the phrase to describe media coverage of Mods and Rockers in Great Britain in the 1960s.

Noun

moral panic (plural moral panics)

1. A semi-spontaneous or media-generated mass movement based on the perception that an individual, group, community, or culture is dangerously deviant and poses a menace to society. A public outcry.

Translations

mass movement, public outcry

• Chinese: 道德恐慌 (daodekonghuang)
• Danish: moralpanik c
• Dutch: morele paniek
• Finnish: moraalipaniikki
• French: panique morale (fr), tollé public
• German: moralische Panik, allgemeiner Protest
• Greek: ηθικός πανικός (ithikós panikós), δημόσια κατακραυγή (dimósia katakravgí)
• Italian: panico morale
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• Japanese: 道徳的なパニック (dōtokuteki na panikku)
• Korean: 도덕적인 공황 (dodeokjeogin gonghwang)
• Latin: pavor moralis nom., pavoris moralis gen.
• Portuguese: pânico moral
• Russian: мора́льная па́ника (morálʹnaja pánika), ма́ссовая истери́я (mássovaja isteríja)
• Spanish: pánico moral
• Swedish: moralpanik c

Further reading

Wikipedia article on 'Moral Panic'