fearscape

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noun

A place or general atmosphere of fear.

Scrabble 16

Meanings

nounfearscape (plural fearscapes)

plural fearscapes

  1. A place or general atmosphere of fear.

    I escape into your escape / Into our very favorite fearscape

    1992, Tori Amos, “Mother”, in Little Earthquakes
    2 more examples

    Pidduck has observed the recurrent contemporary tendency to represent sexuality through the metaphor of war - from government reports, with titles such as The War against Women, to feminist texts on sexuality, with titles such as The War Zone - as something innately violent that threatens to undermine the social order and that evokes an apocalyptic fearscape (Pidduck 1994, 5).

    1997, Lise Gotell, “Shaping Butler: The New Politics of Anti-Pornography”, in Brenda Cossman, Shannon Bell, editors, Bad Attitude/s on Trial: Pornography, Feminism, and the Butler Decision, University of Toronto Press, →ISBN, page 56

    "It's a buddy comedy where what kids are afraid of turns out to be real, and our guys have to go into these fearscapes and battle all these monsters," said McG, who is eyeing a November start for the production.

    2007 February 8, Borys Kit, “McG relocates Wonderland to Warner Bros.”, in The Hollywood Reporter

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