ALARMIST


Meaning of ALARMIST in English

— alarmism , n.

/euh lahr"mist/ , n.

1. a person who tends to raise alarms, esp. without sufficient reason, as by exaggerating dangers or prophesying calamities.

adj.

2. of or like an alarmist.

[ 1795-1805; ALARM + -IST ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .