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noun
- 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.
Translations: - Dutch: morele paniek
- French: panique morale, tollé public
- German: moralische Panik, allgemeiner Protest
- Italian: panico morale
- Spanish: pí¡nico moral
Etymology: Coined in 1972 by Stanley Cohen, who coined the phrase to describe media coverage of Mods and Rockers in Great Britain in the 1960s.
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