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Alarmism vs Antialarmist - What's the difference?

alarmism | antialarmist |

As nouns the difference between alarmism and antialarmist

is that alarmism is the production of needless alarms while antialarmist is one who opposes alarmism.

As an adjective antialarmist is

opposing or countering alarmism.

alarmism

English

Noun

(wikipedia alarmism) (-)
  • The production of needless alarms.

    • Related terms

    * alarmist

    See also

    * scaremonger

    Anagrams

    * English words suffixed with -ism

    antialarmist

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Opposing or countering alarmism.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2008, date=February 3, author=Virginia Heffernan, title=My Wired Youth, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=“Growing Up Online” —? the evenhanded, ultimately antialarmist account of Internet kids ?— can be seen entirely online at PBS.org. It’s a public-TV courtesy: you don’t have to break your Internet habit to learn about it. }}

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who opposes alarmism.