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ALARMIST

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person who alarms others needlessly

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("alarmist" is a kind of...):

communicator (a person who communicates with others)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "alarmist"):

scaremonger; stirrer (a person who spreads frightening rumors and stirs up trouble)

Derivation:

alarm (fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised)

alarmism (needless warnings)

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