Alarmism

Alarmism is excessive or exaggerated alarm about a real or imagined threat e.g. the increases in deaths from infectious disease. In the news media, alarmism can be a form of Yellow journalism where reports sensationalise a story to exaggerate small risks.

Alarmist personality

The alarmist person is subject to the cognitive distortion of catastrophizing – of always expecting the worst of possible futures.

They may also be seeking to preserve feelings of omnipotence by generating anxiety and concern in others.

False accusation

The charge of alarmism can of course be used to discredit a legitimate warning, as when Churchill was widely dismissed as an alarmist in the 1930s.

See also

  • 2009 flu pandemic
  • 2012 phenomenon
  • Cassandra complex
  • Climate change alarmism
  • Culture of fear (fear and anxiety in public discourse)
  • False alarm
  • Fear mongering
  • Hypochondriasis (excessive fear of illness and physical harm)
  • Mass hysteria (public fear in large populations)
  • Moral panic (threat to societal values)
  • Scaremongering (use of fear to influence the opinions)
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