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alarmist

noun as in person who spreads alarm

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His recent claims that civil war is “inevitable” in the U.K., or that such a conflict “already began quietly several years ago,” are alarmist and delusional.

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The lawsuit quotes alarmist and unscientific statements by the Health and Human Services Secretary.

Two years later, observers put his success down to being "less woke", less alarmist about the climate, and generally a more pragmatic politician.

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“Nobody’s who’s a credible economist or scientist believes that it is, except a few activists and alarmists.”

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He also warns against the "alarmist" tone of the debate on climate change, which he says is "riven with irrationality".

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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