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moral panic  Folk Devils and Moral Panics  List of moral panics  moral pandemonium  moral panics
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A moral panic is a widespread feeling of fear, often an irrational one, that some evil person or thing threatens the values, interests, or well-being of a community or society. Wikipedia
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A moral panic is a widespread feeling of fear, often an irrational one, that some evil person or thing threatens the values, interests, or well-being of a community or society. Wikipedia
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. Wiktionary
Mass movement, public outcry. Wiktionary (translation)