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Definition of Alarmists
1. alarmist [n] - See also: alarmist
Lexicographical Neighbors of Alarmists
Literary usage of Alarmists
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Anecdote Lives of Wits and Humourists by John Timbs (1872)
"The alarmists will hear this with new apprehensions; they will no doubt return
to us with a view to diminish our force, and encounter us wil.h their ..."
2. Considerations on the Causes Objects and Consequences of the Present War by William Roscoe (1808)
"... sequences which these alarmists can contemplate only from a state of peace.
If reasons like those that have been alleged for the continuance of the war, ..."
3. Manual of Political Ethics: Designed Chiefly for the Use of Colleges and by Francis Lieber, Theodore Dwight Woolsey (1876)
"alarmists.—Excitement and Injustice.—Rabies civica.— Calmness of Soul.—Political
Fretfulness.—Great Souls are calm.—Peevishness. ..."
4. Manual of Political Ethics, Designed Chiefly for the Use of Colleges and by Francis Lieber, Theodore Dwight Woolsey (1876)
"alarmists.—Excitement and Injustice.—Rabies civica.— Calmness of Sou!.—Political
Fretfulness.—Great Souls arc calm.—Peevishness. ..."
5. The Extraordinary Black Book: An Exposition of Abuses in Church and State by John Wade (1832)
"... as in courtesy bound to do, to my lords Harrowby, Wharncliffe, Wellington,
Winchilsea, and those who constitute what may be termed the " alarmists. ..."
6. Memoirs of the Reign of George III to the Session of Parliament Ending A.D. 1793 by William Belsham (1801)
"Parliament convened — A Plot in Disguise. Defection of the alarmists. Mr.
Fox's Motion for a Negotiation with France negatived. ..."
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