scare tactic
scare tactic noun: a type of psychological manipulation regarding a particular issue in which fear or alarm is aroused.
Noun
scare tactic (plural scare tactics)
- A type of psychological manipulation regarding a particular issue in which fear or alarm is aroused.
- I think it's a scare tactic. The lockout will get publicity and then people will be less confident about coming to future rallies.1981 February 7, Joanne Brown, anonymous quotee, “Anti-Inauguration March Calls For Unity Of Left”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 28, page 3
- Invoking cancer is a scare tactic, not a health education strategy. The juxtaposition in the various iterations of Gardasil advertisements of the word “cancer” and the message “you can do something” put parents in a blameworthy position. The current advertisements for Gardasil 9 hardly mention the...2018 January 2, Samantha D. Gottlieb, “9. The “Tragically Underused” Vaccine”, in Not Quite a Cancer Vaccine. Selling HPV and Cervical Cancer, New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press...
Forms of scare tactic
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Questions about scare tactic
- What does scare tactic mean?
- Scare tactic means a type of psychological manipulation regarding a particular issue in which fear or alarm is aroused.
- What part of speech is scare tactic?
- Scare tactic is a noun.
- What is the plural of scare tactic?
- The plural of scare tactic is scare tactics.
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