moral panic
noun
- an instance of public anxiety or alarm in response to a perceived problem regarded as threatening the moral fabric of society道德恐慌（威胁社会道德结构的问题在公众中所引起的担忧或惊慌）：
the moral panic about 'the tide of filth' polluting our land.
“污秽之潮”污染我们国家所引起的道德恐慌。