fearmongerer

noun

Etymology

From fearmonger (verb) + -er.

  1. derived from *(s)meh₂-✻ — “to beckon, signal”
  2. derived from *manicō✻
  3. derived from ن ج ل
  4. derived from μαγγανεύω — “to use charms or philtres; to cheat, play tricks; to dress food artificially to make it appear better”
  5. derived from *-ārī✻
  6. derived from mangō — “dealer, trader”
  7. inherited from *mangārī✻ — “dealer, merchant, monger”
  8. inherited from mangere — “dealer, merchant, trader”
  9. inherited from mongere
  10. compounded as fearmonger — “fear + monger”
  11. formed as fearmongerer — “fearmonger + -er”

Definitions

  1. A fearmonger.

    • I’m not just saying that because I’m a fearmongerer. I’m saying that because Jonathan Mitchell, who we’ve already talked about as one of the major proponents of S.B. 8, has suggested that in his own briefing.
    • Beginning in summer 2022, such posters shared manifestos of an “e/acc” ideology squarely opposed to A.I. fearmongerers like the effective altruists and their fellow “decels” (aka “decelerationists”).

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