scaremongering
noun [ U ] disapproving uk/ˈskeəˌmʌŋ.ɡər.ɪŋ/ us/ˈskerˌmʌŋ.ɡɚ.ɪŋ/
散播骇人听闻消息，危言耸听
the action of spreading stories that make people feel worried or frightened
We hear scaremongering that a minimum wage will destroy jobs. 我们听到最低工资会毁掉工作这样的危言耸听论调。
See: scaremonger
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- The National Blood Authority described reports of blood shortages as scaremongering.
- Eurosceptics said the two memos amounted to scaremongering.
- She wrote to a newspaper accusing him of scaremongering about a hospital.
- There is a lot of scaremongering going on, people are very frightened, but they are also very angry.
- It is misleading and scaremongering to say that inheritance tax affects almost half of the country.