moral panic

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Noun

1. 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]].

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