#alarmist
- Alarmist — Tending to spread alarming, exaggerated, or completely false news, causing panic, unjustified anxiety, and artificial worry among the population; a person manifesting this behavior of panicking the community. In mass media or public discourse analysis, the term describes a sensationalist approach, a tone, or a structural reporting method that amplifies the real risks of a phenomenon beyond the limits set by scientific or logical data.
- Alarmist — The feminine form of the term 'alarmist'; it describes a manifestation, attitude, news piece, or a female person tending to spread exaggerated or completely unfounded information, causing panic and unjustified anxiety among the public. In the structural analysis of media discourse, it defines a rhetoric focused on amplifying risks beyond the limits set by objective or scientific data.