schrecklichkeit

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/ˈʃɹɛklɪçkaɪt/

noun

A military policy of terrorising an enemy, especially through its civilian population.

OriginGerman Schrecklichkeit →
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Meanings

nounschrecklichkeit (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA military policy of terrorising an enemy, especially through its civilian population.
  2. uncountableA 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)

Origin

  1. GermanSchrecklichkeit“awfulness”
  2. Englishschrecklichkeit

From German Schrecklichkeit (“awfulness”).

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APA

schrecklichkeit. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/schrecklichkeit

MLA

“schrecklichkeit.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/schrecklichkeit. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “schrecklichkeit,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/schrecklichkeit.

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