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caremongering

caremongering noun: the provision of help or the use of social media to offer everyday assistance and positive thoughts.

Noun

caremongering (uncountable)

  1. The provision of help or the use of social media to offer everyday assistance and positive thoughts.
    • She designed the postcard, which enabled recipients to ask for help with shopping, collecting medical supplies, or a simple chat on the phone, and posted it on Facebook so people could download it and deliver it through their neighbours’ doors. This scheme, and many others like it, became part of a...2020, Emma Hill, People Are Awesome
    • While everyone practiced safe social distancing at home, the Crush team contracted a new viral trend: CAREMONGERING! We used our social media platforms to share positive stories, lighthearted memes, self care tips, and activities to keep the kids entertained.2020 spring/summer, Crush Magazine, page 19

Origin of caremongering

Blend of care + scaremongering, coined in Canada during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Questions about caremongering

What does caremongering mean?
Caremongering means the provision of help or the use of social media to offer everyday assistance and positive thoughts.
What part of speech is caremongering?
Caremongering is a noun.

Words near caremongering in the dictionary

  1. Carelocks
  2. Carels
  3. caremad
  4. Careman
  5. caremonger
  6. caremongering
  7. caremongers
  8. caren
  9. carena
  10. carenage
  11. carene

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: caremongering (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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