| 单词 | moral panic |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmoral panic moral panic n. public anxiety or alarm in response to some perceived social ill, (now) esp. one regarded (often by the mass media) as threatening the moral fabric of society. ΚΠ 1877 Galaxy Mar. 431/1 The state of affairs in this respect is frightful; and it frightens. The financial panic has been followed by a moral panic. 1893 N. Amer. Rev. June 737 Laws that are the result of moral panic or that do not represent the mature convictions of the bulk of the people..soon fail of their purpose. 1972 S. Cohen Folk Devils & Moral Panics i. 9 Societies appear to be subject, every now and then, to periods of moral panic. A condition, episode, person or group of persons emerges to become defined as a threat to societal values and interests. < as lemmas |
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