ALARMIST Synonyms: 47 Similar and Opposite Words

alarmist

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Recent Examples of alarmist The title struck some readers as alarmist. — Joseph Andrew, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026 For years, dead pool was a phrase only used for futuristic alarmist forecasts. — Pete McBride, Time, 27 Feb. 2026 Gaspar took the unusual step of naming the teachers publicly, a move that Sanchez’s supporters call alarmist. — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 3 May 2026 But the film received criticism in the aftermath of its release, with some naysayers accusing it of being alarmist or exaggerated. — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 16 June 2026 Even temporary sales slumps breed alarmist pronouncements; book parties in disfavored genres begin to feel like wakes, sending off one more spirit to the inevitable afterworld of the remainder shelf. — Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 2 July 2026 The longer the fighting and shipping disruptions last, the worse and more worrisome the cumulative impact becomes, and the more plausible the initial alarmist views about $200 crude oil and stagflation begin to seem. — Michael Santoli, CNBC, 30 Mar. 2026 Backers of historic cuts in property taxes for Florida homeowners call those kinds of predictions alarmist and say a drop in tax revenue will force local governments to cut back on high salaries, excessive hiring and frivolous spending. — Douglas Hanks march 13, Miami Herald, 13 Mar. 2026 That take seems unduly alarmist said David Goldblatt, a British sportswriter and sociologist who is a visiting professor at Pitzer College in Claremont. — Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2026

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Noun

More than 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus were systematically ‌massacred in the East African ⁠nation by Hutu extremists over roughly 100 days from April ⁠to July 1994.

— Reuters, NBC news, 1 July 2026
Opportunists like the daycare group, which was selling weapons, and extremists — not the hobbyists.

— Jack Crosbie, Rolling Stone, 17 June 2026

Definition of extremist

Noun

Gillespie also has a reputation for melding music to movies, as seen in Cruella, his 2021 movie that cast Disney villainess Cruella de Vil as a punk rock rebel in London’s fashion scene.

— Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 3 July 2026
The winner is the daughter of the late Alberto Fujimori, the former president whose government in the 1990s defeated the Shining Path extremist rebel group but also took an authoritarian turn.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 July 2026

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This year’s milestone edition furthers that legacy by pairing foundational film voices with the next generation of artistic troublemakers.

— Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 2 July 2026
To help boost those numbers, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWCC) recently released a brief PSA video advising on the best ways to locate and dispatch the ongoing troublemakers.

— Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 2 July 2026

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Pezeshkian, a reformist within Iran’s theocracy, is the highest-ranking official within Iran to reference the release of the funds held by Qatar.

— Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2026
From that liminal moment emerged Mohammad Khatami, a former culture minister steeped in philosophy and theology, and a committed reformist.

— Alex Shams, Time, 14 Mar. 2026

Definition of reformist

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Fujimori, 51, is the daughter of late President Alberto Fujimori, who governed the country with an iron fist from 1990 to 2000 and was credited with defeating Maoist insurgents and taming runaway hyperinflation.

— Reuters, NBC news, 4 July 2026
Syria has been without a parliament since the December 2024 offensive by insurgents led by al-Sharaa’s now defunct Hayat Tahrir al-Sham group, which ended the Assad family’s five-decade dynasty.

— Ghaith Alsayed, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026

Definition of insurgent

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The ritual confers the Holy Spirit from one bishop to another and recalls Christ’s gesture to his apostles.

— Jamey Keaten, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026
According to the gospels, Jesus traveled here from biblical Galilee, while the apostle Paul established a thriving church here.

— Jane Arraf, NPR, 23 June 2026

Definition of apostle

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Stream-access proponents took a similar approach in 2010, after a landowner on the Taylor River strung cables from bank to bank to keep a rafting company from floating down.

— Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 1 July 2026
There isn't time for proponents to get a new measure on this year's ballot and state law requires any measures brought in odd years be limited to questions related to the Taxpayer Bill of Rights (TABOR).

— Shaun Boyd, CBS News, 30 June 2026

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