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fearmongerer

fearmongerer noun: a fearmonger.

Noun

fearmongerer (plural fearmongerers)

  1. A fearmonger.
    • I’m not just saying that because I’m a fearmongerer. I’m saying that because Jonathan Mitchell, who we’ve already talked about as one of the major proponents of S.B. 8, has suggested that in his own briefing.2021 November 8, Dahlia Lithwick, “A Lot More Than Just Abortion Is in the Crosshairs at the Supreme Court”, in Slate
    • Beginning in summer 2022, such posters shared manifestos of an “e/acc” ideology squarely opposed to A.I. fearmongerers like the effective altruists and their fellow “decels” (aka “decelerationists”).2023 November 20, Nitish Pahwa, “What the Heck Just Happened at OpenAI??”, in Slate, →ISSN

Forms of fearmongerer

pluralfearmongerers

Origin of fearmongerer

From fearmonger (verb) + -er.

Questions about fearmongerer

What does fearmongerer mean?
Fearmongerer means a fearmonger.
What part of speech is fearmongerer?
Fearmongerer is a noun.
What is the plural of fearmongerer?
The plural of fearmongerer is fearmongerers.

Words near fearmongerer in the dictionary

  1. fearlike
  2. fearmong
  3. fearmonged
  4. fearmonger
  5. fearmongered
  6. fearmongerer
  7. fearmongerers
  8. fearmongering
  9. fearmongerings
  10. fearmongers
  11. fearmonging

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