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Definition: Alarmist |
AlarmistNoun1. A person who alarms others needlessly. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "alarmist" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1902. (references) |
Etymology: Alarmist \A*larm"ist\, noun. [Compare to the French expression alarmiste.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Cowardice | Alarmist, terrorist, pessimist; runagate; (fugitive). |
Fear | Alarmist; (coward). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Alarmist |
| Non-English Usage: "Alarmist" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Albanian (fear-monger, panicky), Romanian (alarmist, panic monger). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | The government calls it the Army, but a more alarmist name would be The Killbot Factory! (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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Theater & Movies | |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | Nigeria | Some U.S. companies are excluding Nigeria from their African commercial strategy based on alarmist, misleading and often incorrect information, and may miss out on good commercial opportunities as a consequence. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
John F. Kennedy | 1961-1963 | Laying aside all alarmist talk and panicky solutions, let us put that knotty problem in its proper perspective. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Alarmist" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 97.01% of the time. "Alarmist" is used about 67 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 97.01% | 65 | 41,645 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.49% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 1.49% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 67 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "alarmist": alarmist reports. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
alarmist | 13 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "alarmist"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | njeri alarmant (panic monger, scaremonger). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | المخاوف, التنبيه إلى خطر بدون داعي, إثارة المخاوف. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | алармаджия, паникьор (jitterbug, panic monger, scaremonger). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | panikářský (panic stricken, panicky), panikář (panic monger, scaremonger). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | paniekzaaier. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | alarmiste. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | schwarzseher (license-dodger, pessimist, TV licence dodger, TV pirate, unlicensed viewer, worrier), bangemacher (scaremonger). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | σπερμοφόροσ (bearing seeds). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | זורע ב"ל". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | vészmadár (croaker, doomsayer, jinx, shearwater, waybird). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | penggelisah (scaremonger, stimulus). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | allarmistico. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | raaueyder (monitor, warner, warning device; alarmist). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | alarmistay alarmista (paniculate, scaremonger). (various references) alarmist (panic monger), panicard (panic monger, scaremonger). (various references) паникер (fear-monger, panic monger, panic-monger, scaremonger). (various references) čovek koji diže uzbunu bez razloga. (various references) alarmista (panicky, scaremonger). (various references) telaşlandıran (alarming), telâşlandıran kimse, panik yaratan kimse (panicmonger, scaremonger), panik yaratan (alarming). (various references) панікер (panic monger, scaremonger). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "alarmist": alarmists. (additional references) | |
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"Alarmist" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Agariste, alarmiste, Alfarista, alfaroist, Alrakis, Amarjit, galerist. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "alarmist" (pronounced ulÄ"rmust) |
| 5 | -r m u s t | nonconformist, warmest. |
| 4 | -m u s t | agronomist, alchemist, anatomist, animist, biochemist, dumbest, economist, extremist, firmest, grimaced, grimmest, pessimist, premised, promised, slimmest. |
| 3 | -u s t | ablest, abolitionist, abortionist, absolutist, accompanist, activist, agonist, agriculturalist, allergist, amethyst, amorist, analyst, anarchist, anesthesiologist, anesthetist, angriest, antagonist, anthropologist, anticommunist, apologist, apprenticed, aquarist, archaeologist, archivist, arsonist, artist, atheist, August, ballast, balloonist, barest, behaviorist, biased, bicyclist, biggest, biologist, bitterest, blackest, bleakest, bloodiest, bluest, bluntest, boldest, botanist, bravest, breakfast, briefest, brightest, broadest, busiest, buttressed, calloused, canoeist, canvassed, capitalist, cardiologist, caricaturist, cartoonist, catalyst, cellist, chauvinist, cheapest, choicest, clarinetist, classicist, cleanest, closest, coldest, colonialist, colonist, columnist, communist, conservationist, contortionist, conversationalist, coolest, cornettist, craziest, creamiest, criminologist, cruelest, cultist, cyclist, darkest, deadliest, dearest, deepest, deforest, deist, densest, dentist, dermatologist, determinist, direst, dirtiest, dishonest, disinterest, driest, druggist, dullest, earliest, earnest, easiest, ecologist, editorialist, eldest, elitist, embarrassed, empiricist, encompassed, encyclopedist, endocrinologist, entomologist, environmentalist, epidemiologist, ethicist, ethnomusicologist, exhibitionist, exorcist, expressionist, faintest, fairest, fanciest, farthest, fascist, fastest, fattest, federalist, feminist, fetishist, fewest, fiercest, finalist, finest, fittest, flimsiest, florist, focused, focussed, foggiest, fondest, forest, formalist, freest, freshest, friendliest, fullest, fundamentalist, funnest, funniest, furthest, generalist, geneticist, gentlest, geologist, gerontologist, goldest, grandest, gravest, grayest, greatest, greediest, greenest, grooviest, guitarist, gymnast, gynecologist, happiest, hardest, harnessed, harshest, harvest, healthiest, heaviest, heftiest, herbalist, highest, hippest, hobbyist, holiest, honest, hottest, hugest, humblest, humorist, hygienist, idealist, ideologist, illusionist, immunologist, imperialist, impressionist, individualist, industrialist, institutionalist, instrumentalist, interest, internationalist, internist, interventionist, isolationist, jaundiced, journalist, juiciest, junkiest, keenest, kindest, kremlinologist, largest, latest, laziest, leanest, leftist, librettist, lightest, likeliest, linguist, littlest, liveliest, lobbyist, locust, longest, loudest, lowest, loyalist, luckiest, lyricist, machinist, manicurist, mannerist, masochist, materialist, meanest, medalist, mercantilist, merest, meteorologist, methodist, microbiologist, mightiest, mildest, mineralogist, misogynist, modernist, modest, monopolist, motorcyclist, motorist, musicologist, narrowest, nastiest, nationalist, naturalist, nearest, neatest, neediest, neurologist, neuroscientist, neutralist, newest, noblest, noisiest, noncommunist, noninterest, noticed, novelist, nutritionist, oboist, obstructionist, oddest, oldest, oncologist, ophthalmologist, opportunist, organist, orthodontist, orthopedist, pacifist, paleontologist, palest, panelist, pathologist, pharmacist, philanthropist, photojournalist, physiologist, pianist, polemicist, poorest, populist, prefaced, prejudiced, preservationist, prettiest, priciest, propagandist, protagonist, protectionist, proudest, psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, psychologist, psychotherapist, purchased, purest, quickest, quietest, quietist, racist, radiologist, rainforest, rainiest, rapist, rarest, receptionist, reddest, refocused, reforest, remotest, repurchased, reservationist, reservist, resurfaced, revolutionist, rheumatologist, richest, rightist, riskiest, ritziest, roughest, rudest, saddest, sadist, safest, satirist, savviest, scariest, scientist, secessionist, secularist, segregationist, seismologist, semifinalist, separatist, serologist, serviced, severest, sexiest, shakiest, sharpest, shortest, showiest, shrewdest, sickest, silliest, simplest, skimpiest, skinniest, sleekest, slickest, slightest, sloppiest, slowest, smallest, smartest, smoggiest, smoothest, socialist, sociologist, softest, soonest, soundest, specialist, spiritualist, stablest, staunchest, steepest, sternest, stickiest, stiffest, stormiest, strangest, strategist, strictest, strongest, stupidest, supremacist, surest, surfaced, survivalist, sweetest, swiftest, tallest, tannest, technologist, televangelist, tempest, terraced, theorist, therapist, thickest, thinnest, thorniest, tightest, tiniest, toniest, toughest, tourist, toxicologist, traditionalist, trendiest, trickiest, truest, ugliest, ultranationalist, unbiased, unfocused, unionist, unkindest, unnoticed, urologist, violinist, violist, virologist, vocalist, weakest, wealthiest, weirdest, wettest, whitest, widest, wildest, wisest, witnessed, worthiest, yellowest, youngest, zaniest, zoologist. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-i-l-m-r-s-t" | |
-1 letter: amritas, lariats, latrias, marital, martial, mistral, ramtils, tamaris. | |
-2 letters: alarms, altars, amrita, arista, astral, atrial, lamias, lariat, latria, malars, mitral, ramtil, ratals, riatas, salami, smalti, talars, tamals, tamari, tarsal, tarsia, tiaras, trails, trials. | |
-3 letters: airts, alarm, alias, alist, almas, altar, amias, amirs, arias, arils, artal, astir, atlas, atmas, atria, laari, lairs, lamas, lamia. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-i-l-m-r-s-t" | |
+1 letter: alarmists, magistral, materials, primatals. | |
+2 letters: laminators, naturalism, spermatial, tamarillos, tularemias. | |
+3 letters: admiralties, ameliorates, amoralities, antirealism, assimilator, lacrimators, madrigalist, magisterial, magistrally, malapropist, martingales, materialise, materialism, materialist, maternalism, mayoralties, naturalisms, parliaments, pastoralism, paternalism, postmarital, rationalism, seminatural, transmittal. | |
+4 letters: alkalimeters, amateurishly, ambulatories, ameliorators, amobarbitals, antirealisms, assimilators, assimilatory, astronomical, asymmetrical, bilateralism, biomaterials, calumniators, charlatanism, extramusical, fraternalism, lacrimations, laparotomies, madrigalists, malapropists, malpractices, malversation, manipulators, materialised, materialises, materialisms, materialists, materializes, materialness, maternalisms, matriculants, matriculates, microanalyst, mistranslate, pastoralisms, paternalisms, piroplasmata, planetariums, rationalisms, reclamations, transmittals, ultramarines, ultrarealism. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 6C 61 72 6D 69 73 74 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- .-.. .- .-. -- .. ... - |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01101100 01100001 01110010 01101101 01101001 01110011 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A l a r m i s t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 006C 0061 0072 006D 0069 0073 0074 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3578678479758586 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Non-fiction 6. Quotations: Speeches 7. Usage Frequency 8. Expressions | 9. Expressions: Internet 10. Translations: Modern 11. Derivations 12. Rhymes | 13. Anagrams 14. Orthography 15. Bibliography |
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