fearmongerer

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noun

A fearmonger.

Scrabble 18

Meanings

nounfearmongerer (plural fearmongerers)

plural fearmongerers

  1. A fearmonger.

    Beginning in summer 2022, such posters shared manifestos of an “e/acc” ideology squarely opposed to A.I. fearmongerers like the effective altruists and their fellow “decels” (aka “decelerationists”).

    2023 November 20, Nitish Pahwa, “What the Heck Just Happened at OpenAI??”, in Slate, →ISSN
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    I’m not just saying that because I’m a fearmongerer. I’m saying that because Jonathan Mitchell, who we’ve already talked about as one of the major proponents of S.B. 8, has suggested that in his own briefing.

    2021 November 8, Dahlia Lithwick, “A Lot More Than Just Abortion Is in the Crosshairs at the Supreme Court”, in Slate

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APA

fearmongerer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fearmongerer

MLA

“fearmongerer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fearmongerer. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fearmongerer,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fearmongerer.

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