English Explanatory Dictionary

scaremongery

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The act of spreading alarming information that is either exaggerated or untrue in order to scare others.
  2. Alarming information that is exaggerated or untrue.

Word forms

scaremongery

Etymology

From scaremonger + -y.

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