fear mongering
Spreading baseless alarm
Fear mongering is deliberately stirring up fear to manipulate opinion or behavior, typically for political or commercial advantage.
A fear monger exaggerates threats or invents dangers to provoke anxiety: The campaign relied on fear mongering about immigrants.
Also spelled as one word or hyphenated: fearmonger, fear-monger.
- alarmismNeedless raising of fears
- demonizationCasting as evil
- straw manFake version to demolish
- disinformationIntentional deceptive falsehoods
- fake newsIntentionally deceptive media content
propaganda · talking points · wedge issue · culture war · sensationalism · hysteria · psychological warfare · panic · dog whistle · exaggeration · smear campaign · media manipulation · moral panic · hate speech · yellow journalism · jingoism · scare tactics · terrorism
- witch huntswitch trials, witch hunt, witch hunts, Salem witch trials, Salem trials
- rhetoricrhetoric, persuasion, oratory, argumentation, debate
- clickbaitclickbait, curiosity gap, listicle, listicles, sensationalism
- demagogueryrabble-rousing, fearmongering, scapegoating, pandering, incitement
- emotional rhetoricpathos, emotional appeal, appeals to emotion, loaded language, loaded words
- manipulationgaslighting, guilt tripping, blame-shifting, brainwashing, guilt trip
fear mongeringreassurance
Words meant to calm
optimism · encouragement · soothing · calming · comfort
fear mongeringbalanced reporting
Journalism showing multiple viewpoints
responsible journalism · risk assessment · truth-telling · straight talk
fear mongeringpeacemaking
Resolving conflicts through negotiation
bridge-building · confidence building · community building · social cohesion · trust building
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