0 the act of encouraging a particular activity, especially one that causes trouble:
They accused him of rumour-mongering/scandal-mongering.
Fear-mongering often takes the place of thoughtful and objective analysis.
It was easy for any relatively rational person to dismiss the media doom-mongering.
He is a war-mongering corrupt dictator.
Social media smear-mongering has debased the democratic process.
She accused some of the tabloids of racist hate-mongering.
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European
May 10, 2021
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Shimmer
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