- scaremongering
- noun see scaremonger
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
scaremongering
Look at other dictionaries:
scaremongering — [[t]ske͟ə(r)mʌŋgərɪŋ[/t]] N UNCOUNT If one person or group accuses another person or group of scaremongering, they accuse them of deliberately spreading worrying stories to try and frighten people. The Government yesterday accused Greenpeace of… … English dictionary
scaremongering — scare|mon|ger|ing [ˈskeəˌmʌŋgərıŋ US ˈskerˌma:ŋ , ˌmʌŋ ] n [U] BrE the practice of deliberately making people worried or nervous, especially in order to get a political or other advantage ▪ He was accused of political scaremongering.… … Dictionary of contemporary English
scaremongering — scare|mon|ger|ing [ sker,mʌŋgərıŋ ] noun uncount MAINLY JOURNALISM the process of saying or doing something in order to make people feel worried or frightened, especially so that you gain an advantage: There has been a lot of scaremongering about … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
scaremongering — noun (U) the practice of deliberately making people worried or nervous, especially in order to get a political or other advantage: Jackson publicly accused the anti nuclear lobby of scaremongering. scaremonger noun (C) … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
scaremongering — UK [ˈskeə(r)ˌmʌŋɡərɪŋ] / US [ˈskerˌmʌŋɡərɪŋ] noun [uncountable] the process of saying or doing something in order to deliberately make people feel worried or frightened, especially so that you can gain an advantage There has been a lot of… … English dictionary
scaremongering — See scaremonger. * * * … Universalium
scaremongering — noun see scaremonger … Useful english dictionary
scaremonger — scaremongering, n. /skair mung geuhr, mong /, n. a person who creates or spreads alarming news. [1885 90; SCARE + MONGER] * * * … Universalium
Eurabia — Islam in Europe[1] <1% (Armenia, Belarus, Czech Republic … Wikipedia
Ztohoven — is an award winning Czech guerrilla artist collective known for its pranks. The most well known of these pranks and the one which led to six of its members being prosecuted was the June 17, 2007 Media Reality incident, in which they hacked into a … Wikipedia
