schrecklichkeit

See also: Schrecklichkeit

English

Etymology

From German Schrecklichkeit (“awfulness”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈʃɹɛklɪçkaɪt/

Noun

schrecklichkeit (uncountable)

  1. A military policy of terrorising an enemy, especially through its civilian population.
  2. A general atmosphere or situation of awfulness or dread.
    • 1973: I embarked on the quotidian schrecklichkeit of getting up. — Kyril Bonfiglioli, Don't Point That Thing at Me (Penguin 2001, p. 11)
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