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  • noun Plural form of alarmist.

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Examples

  • Unfortunately climate science itself has been so corrupted by politics that it is virtually impossible for the informed public to put any credence in alarmists views.

    About: Blinded by Science 2010

  • The only answer I do get from GW alarmists is that a glacier is receding!

    Sound Politics: "Peak Oil" Despair Versus Energy Innovation 2007

  • The hyperbole peddled by you alarmists is frightening.

    Think Progress » Big Oil Launches Attack On Al Gore 2006

  • Fortunately, this device is rarely seen on the Mexican roadways; certainly not as often as certain alarmists would have us believe.

    Traffic control, Mexican style 2000

  • Fortunately, this device is rarely seen on the Mexican roadways; certainly not as often as certain alarmists would have us believe.

    Traffic control, Mexican style 2000

  • I want to revisit an argument that has long raged in the comment section of this blog: the debate between global warming 'alarmists' -- like me, and the global warming skeptics, represented ably by longtime commenter Matt.

    xtcian Ian Williams 2010

  • I want to revisit an argument that has long raged in the comment section of this blog: the debate between global warming 'alarmists' -- like me, and the global warming skeptics, represented ably by longtime commenter Matt.

    xtcian Ian Williams 2010

  • It is my bolding on the word 'alarmists' - an unusual turn of phrase since it includes almost all figures in climate science and the Australian Bureau of Meteorology.

    Harry Clarke 2009

  • We label one another - "alarmists" - "denialists" - yet, whatever camp (or side) we fall into, it's just an attack as a proxy for our preferred economic system.

    Discover Blogs 2009

  • If we don't the "problem" will correct itself and everyone will know that the alarmists are a bunch of nuts.

    Sound Politics: Global Warming Update 2007

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