alarmism
noun
alarm·ism
ə-ˈlär-ˌmi-zəm 
: the often unwarranted exciting of fears or warning of danger
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So amid Canada’s reckoning with reality, the climate alarmism has quietly been shelved.
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Rachel Marsden, Hartford Courant, 3 July 2025
Naturally, there’s also friction between rebellious Cady and her aunt, whose alarmism after the renegade M3GAN disaster in the first movie means computer science enthusiast Cady has to keep her own robotics projects hidden.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 25 June 2025
Fast forward to 2023, when headlines everywhere used alarmism for another looming recession, and the same fashion theories held true.
—Tiana Randall, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
At a minimum, political leaders should avoid undue alarmism about Taiwan.
—Jennifer Kavanagh, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
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Rachel Marsden, Hartford Courant, 3 July 2025
Naturally, there’s also friction between rebellious Cady and her aunt, whose alarmism after the renegade M3GAN disaster in the first movie means computer science enthusiast Cady has to keep her own robotics projects hidden.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 25 June 2025
Fast forward to 2023, when headlines everywhere used alarmism for another looming recession, and the same fashion theories held true.
—Tiana Randall, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
At a minimum, political leaders should avoid undue alarmism about Taiwan.
—Jennifer Kavanagh, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for alarmism
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“Alarmism.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/alarmism. Accessed 16 Jul. 2025.
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