shockumentary

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noun

A form of documentary used to generate a reactionary effect in an audience; especially such a documentary containing scenes of violence, gore, or other disturbing imagery.

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Meanings

nounshockumentary (plural shockumentaries)

plural shockumentaries

  1. A form of documentary used to generate a reactionary effect in an audience; especially such a documentary containing scenes of violence, gore, or other disturbing imagery.

    The ransom was to be propaganda: a broadcast on Norwegian television of the anti-abortion shockumentary, The Silent Scream.

    2000, Peter Schjeldahl, “A Theft in Norway: March 8, 1994”, in Deborah Chasman, Edna Chiang, editors, Drawing Us In: How We Experience Visual Art, Beacon Press, →ISBN, page 1

Origin

Blend of shock + documentary.

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APA

shockumentary. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shockumentary

MLA

“shockumentary.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shockumentary. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shockumentary,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shockumentary.

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