English-Italian translations for moral panic

• panico morale
  Il pericolo è che una preoccupazione legittima si trasformi, in alcuni casi, in un panico morale deliberatamente sproporzionato rispetto alla dimensione del problema. The danger is that a justifiable concern in some cases turns into a 'moral panic' that is wilfully disproportionate to the extent of the problem.

Definition of moral panic

• 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

Related words

• moral
• amoral
• morals
• immoral
• morality
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• immorality
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