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fearmonger

noun
/ˈfɪəmʌŋɡə/UK/ˈfɪəɹˌmʌŋɡəɹ/US

Etymology

From fear + monger (“dealer in a specific commodity; (by extension) person promoting something undesirable”).

  1. derived from *(s)meh₂-✻ — “to beckon, signal”
  2. derived from *manicō✻
  3. derived from ن ج ل
  4. derived from μαγγανεύω — “to use charms or philtres; to cheat, play tricks; to dress food artificially to make it appear better”
  5. derived from *-ārī✻
  6. derived from mangō — “dealer, trader”
  7. inherited from *mangārī✻ — “dealer, merchant, monger”
  8. inherited from mangere — “dealer, merchant, trader”
  9. inherited from mongere
  10. compounded as fearmonger — “fear + monger”

Definitions

  1. Someone who spreads fear.

    • I think the Tea Partiers, despite their contradictions, are not all wrong about Big Government. But I worry that, in time, a clever fearmonger could manipulate popular opinion into an electoral mandate.

  2. To spread fear.

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