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Horrification

//ˌhɒɹɪfɪˈkeɪʃən// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of horrifying, or state of being horrified. countable, uncountable

    "... horrification may occur at different points in the subject's life. Although it would certainly not be unusual for subjects to undergo violent subjugation and personal horrification on the very same occasion, they probably usually do[…]"

  2. 2
    That which causes horror. countable, uncountable

    "As the old woman and her miserable light went on before us, I could almost have thought of Sir Bertrand, or of some German horrifications […]"

  3. 3
    The act of making or becoming horrifying. countable, uncountable

    "the film industry's relentless horrification of rural culture"

Etymology

From horror + -ification, or alternatively horrific + -ation.

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