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alarmist

noun as in person who spreads alarm

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When Stamos proposed a redesign of the company’s organization to prevent a repeat of the issue, other leaders dismissed the idea as “alarmist” and focused their resources on getting control of the public narrative and keeping regulators at bay.

“At the risk of sounding alarmist,” she said, “people need to realize that this can still go bad in so many ways.”

She compellingly describes feeling pressure to not be an alarmist climate scientist—even though she was very alarmed—because scientists are taught to be dispassionate.

I don’t mean that hyperbolically either and I’m not generally an alarmist.

The people in this group generally aren’t as alarmist as the this-is-an-emergency camp.

But no longer seen as alarmist, MSF are the heroes with GOAL, an Irish NGO, and the International Medical Corps among others.

Graedon comes down firmly on the side of the luddites, but her vision of the future is less alarmist than alarmingly within reach.

I agree, of course, that health advice is alarmist, and increasingly contradictory.

While his statement may seem alarmist, even a senior official of the National Police Agency agrees.

They're not, but the alarmist numbers are more likely to get media attention.

After the losses in our last battle, I trust that I shall no longer be regarded as an alarmist.

Berwick was puzzled but he knew that Jim was no alarmist who would start on a wild goose chase, without rhyme or reason.

The alarmist tells us that armaments are our only sure guarantee of peace.

I am rather the other way, so they call me a cynic and an alarmist.

In addition to the alarmist and the prejudiced, careful and thoughtful citizens were aroused to the danger.

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On this page you'll find 6 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to alarmist, such as: pessimist, cassandra, scaremonger, chicken little, and voice of doom.

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

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