alarmism en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree English alarm Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English alarmism From alarm + -ism.
Meanings
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(uncountable, usually) The raising of needless alarms.
Even as the White House highlighted what it considers alarmism in reporting of the surge in cases of the Delta coronavirus variant across the US, reports in the same national media suggested vaccinations are increasing in hotspot areas.
2021 July 31, Edward Helmore, “US vaccinations rise but White House frustrated with media ‘alarmism’”, in The Guardian:Rees-Mogg has claimed that “climate alarmism” is responsible for high energy prices and that it is unrealistic for scientists to project future changes to the climate because meteorologists struggle to correctly predict the weather.
2022 September 6, Jacob Rees-Mogg, quotee, “Jacob Rees-Mogg, who decried ‘climate alarmism’, to take on UK energy brief”, in The Guardian:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| alarmisms | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (12)
fr alarmisme (production of needless alarms) · de Alarmismus (production of needless alarms) · fi alarmismi (production of needless alarms) · it allarmismo (production of needless alarms) · ca alarmisme (production of needless alarms) · cs alarmismus (production of needless alarms) · ru аларми́зм (production of needless alarms) · de Panikmache (production of needless alarms) · gl alarmismo (production of needless alarms) · ru паникёрство (production of needless alarms) · pt alarmismo (production of needless alarms) · es alarmismo (production of needless alarms)