Definition of "alarmism" []

• The production of needless alarms. (noun)

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• "On the right, flamboyant talking head/provocateur Ann Coulter defended the imagined health benefits of a release of radiation to counter what she calls the alarmism of the environmentalists."
• "Some say he's fattening his wallet by what they call alarmism and exaggerations about global warming."
• "But in Congress, there are Republicans, some of whom are very skeptical of what they call alarmism on the issue of global warming, and they are going to be holding Al Gore's feet to the fire when he faces their questions today."