fearmongering

English

fearmongering

fearmongering (usually uncountable, plural fearmongerings)

The act of spreading needless fear; exaggerating purported threats in order to incite fear.
Synonyms: alarmism, scaremongering

spreading needless fear

Finnish: pelonlietsonta
French: alarmisme (fr) m
German: Panikmache (de) f, Angstmacherei (de) f, Angstparolen f pl
Greek: κινδυνολογία (el) f (kindynología)
Hungarian: riogatás (hu), rettegtetés, félelemkeltés, pánikkeltés (hu), vészmadárkodás, rémhírterjesztés (hu)
Polish: sianie strachu n
Russian: паникёрство n (panikjórstvo), аларми́зм (ru) m (alarmízm), провоци́рование (ru) n (provocírovanije) / раска́чивание (ru) n (raskáčivanije) / раздува́ние (ru) n (razduvánije) / нагнета́ние (ru) n (nagnetánije) / се́яние (ru) n (séjanije) па́ники (ru) f (pániki)
Turkish: korku tüccarlığı

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