scaremongery
The act of spreading alarming information that is either exaggerated or untrue in…The act of spreading alarming information that is either exaggerated or untrue in order to scare others.
Meaning
2 senses(uncountable)The act of spreading alarming information that is either exaggerated or untrue in order to scare others.
(uncountable)Alarming information that is exaggerated or untrue.
Origin
From scaremonger + -y.From scaremonger + -y.
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Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable