moral panic
Noun
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Noun
moral panic (plural moral panics)
- A semi-spontaneous or media-generated mass movement based on the perception that an individual, group, community, or culture is dangerously deviant and poses a menace to society. A public outcry.
- French: panique morale, tollé public
- German: moralische Panik, allgemeiner Protest
- Italian: panico morale
- Portuguese: pânico moral
- Russian: мора́льная па́ника
- Spanish: pánico moral
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