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What does alarmism mean?

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Noun
  1. The raising of needless alarms.
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In this case of alarmism, people are quite happy to ignore the doom-mongers because of the transparent utility of the technology.
If they could be destroyed in days or weeks and the hungry fed, I would plead guilty to every charge of alarmism and shroud-waving.
There are two attitudes to this question viz. either polite indifference or benign neglect, or alarmism.
The party also earned a damaging reputation for miserliness by cutting pensions and salaries and fostering economic alarmism.
Although both options are valid, the media seem to choose alarmism over a deeper analysis and over the search for alternative solutions.
But I pointedly and publicly criticized my colleagues when they engaged in alarmism and selective reporting.

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