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moral panics

moral panics is the plural of moral panic.

Meaning of moral panic

Noun

moral panic (plural moral panics)

  1. A semi-spontaneous or media-generated mass movement based on the perception that an individual, group, community, or culture is dangerously deviant and poses a menace to society; a public outcry.
    • The psychotherapist Marty Klein likens the current moral panic around online porn to the epidemics of fear and suspicion that sprung up around satanic cults in the 1980s, and even around comic books in the 1950s.2016 July 2, Sophie Gilbert, “Is Moral Panic About Online Porn Misplaced?”, in The Atlantic
    Synonyms:
    social panic

Questions about moral panics

What is moral panics the plural of?
Moral panics is the plural of moral panic.

Words near moral panics in the dictionary

  1. moral of the story
  2. moral order
  3. moral orders
  4. moral outbidding
  5. moral panic
  6. moral panics
  7. moral philosophies
  8. moral philosophy
  9. moral police
  10. moral policed
  11. moral polices

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