Definition
A person who tends to raise unnecessary alarm or exaggerate dangers; someone who creates or spreads fear without sufficient cause.
Etymology
From alarm plus the suffix -ist (a person who practices or believes in something), creating a term for someone prone to alarmism.
Kelly Says
The word 'alarmist' is a convenient label that lets people dismiss serious warnings—calling someone an alarmist works like a rhetorical shield, but historically, some 'alarmists' turned out to be exactly right about problems others ignored.
Translations
ARالعربية
مُشيعُ الخوف
mu-she'u al-khoof
BNবাংলা
ভয়াবহ
bhoy-a-b-ha
CACatalà
alarmista
a-lar-mis-ta
CSČeština
alarmistický
a-la-r-mis-ti-cky
DADansk
alarmistisk
a-la-r-mis-tisk
DEDeutsch
Alarmist
a-lar-mist
ELΕλληνικά
παρανοϊκός
pa-ra-noi-kos
ESEspañol
alarmista
a-lar-mis-ta
FAفارسی
هراسزده
he-ras-zade
FISuomi
huolestunut
hwo-le-stunut
FRFrançais
alarmiste
a-la-r-mist
HEעברית
מפחדן
me-p-ha-den
HUMagyar
alarminista
a-la-r-mis-ta
IDBahasa Indonesia
alarmist
a-lar-mist
ITItaliano
allarmistico
a-la-r-mis-ti-ko
JA日本語
パニック好き
pa-ni-kku-suki
KMKM
ជាតិអាក្រក់
chea-ti a-ak-rok
KO한국어
경고주의자
gyeong-go-ju-ja
MSBahasa Melayu
alarmist
a-lar-mist
MYမြန်မာ
စိတ်ပြင်း
seet-pyin
NLNederlands
alarmist
a-lar-mist
NONorsk
alarmistisk
a-la-r-mis-tisk
PLPolski
alarmista
a-lar-mis-ta
PTPortuguês
alarmista
a-lar-mis-ta
RORomână
alarmist
a-lar-mist
RUРусский
паникёр
pa-ni-kyor
SVSvenska
alarmistisk
a-lar-mis-tisk
SWKiswahili
mchafu
m-cha-fu
TAதமிழ்
ஆபத்தான
a-pa-tha-na
TEతెలుగు
భయంకర
bhaya-n-kara
THไทย
คนตื่นตระหนก
kon teuan-ta-nong
TLTL
nag-aalin
nag-a-alin
TRTürkçe
alarmist
a-lar-mist
UKУкраїнська
панiкар
pa-ni-kar
VITiếng Việt
người hoảng loạn
nguoi hoang-loan
ZH中文
恐慌主义者
kǒnghuāngzhǔyì zhě