Dictionary

alarmist en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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• /əˈlɑɹmɪst/ (General-American)

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-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English alarmist From alarm + -ist.

Meanings

1. Of or relating to causing others to become alarmed without cause.
   • This deliberately alarmist scaremongery has since been repeated on various occasions, notably in Brazil before 1964 and in Chile under Allende. 1979, Peter Flynn, Brazil: a political analysis, →ISBN, page 186:

Translations (2)

pl alarmistyczny (of or relating to causing others to become alarmed without cause) · cs alarmistický (of or relating to causing others to become alarmed without cause)

alarmist en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Midwestern-US) audio
• /əˈlɑɹmɪst/ (General-American)

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-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English alarmist From alarm + -ist.

Meanings

1. One who causes others to become alarmed without cause.
   • I don't mean to be an alarmist, but I do think you should prepare yourself for the worst.
   • No German troops were mobilized along Canada's border last week, no Canadian cities had been bombed, and only by the remotest flight of fancy could alarmists see the Dominion as a battleground. 1939 November 20, “Canadian Secrecy”, in Time:

Forms

Deriveds

unalarmist · nonalarmist · antialarmist · warmist · ecoalarmist

Relateds

alarm · alarmism

Synonyms

panicmonger · scaremonger · fearmonger

Translations (26)

bg паникьо́р (one who causes others to become alarmed without cause) · de Angstmacher (one who causes others to become alarmed without cause) · cs alarmista (one who causes others to become alarmed without cause) · pl alarmista (one who causes others to become alarmed without cause) · eo alarmistino (one who causes others to become alarmed without cause) · de Panikverbreiterin (one who causes others to become alarmed without cause) · fi alarmisti (one who causes others to become alarmed without cause) · es alarmista (one who causes others to become alarmed without cause) · de Alarmist (one who causes others to become alarmed without cause) · eo alarmisto (one who causes others to become alarmed without cause) · fr alarmiste (one who causes others to become alarmed without cause) · fi pelon lietsoja (one who causes others to become alarmed without cause) · ru аларми́стка (one who causes others to become alarmed without cause) · de Angstmacherin (one who causes others to become alarmed without cause) · pl panikarka (one who causes others to become alarmed without cause) · pt alarmista (one who causes others to become alarmed without cause) · de Panikverbreiter (one who causes others to become alarmed without cause) · ru аларми́ст (one who causes others to become alarmed without cause) · de Panikmacher (one who causes others to become alarmed without cause) · ca alarmista (one who causes others to become alarmed without cause) · pl panikarz (one who causes others to become alarmed without cause) · de Alarmistin (one who causes others to become alarmed without cause) · ru паникёрша (one who causes others to become alarmed without cause) · de Panikmacherin (one who causes others to become alarmed without cause) · gl alarmista (one who causes others to become alarmed without cause) · ru паникёр (one who causes others to become alarmed without cause)