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horrifications

horrifications is the plural of horrification.

Meaning of horrification

Noun

horrification (countable and uncountable, plural horrifications)

  1. The act of horrifying, or state of being horrified.
    • ... 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[…]1992, Lonnie H. Athens, The Creation of Dangerous Violent Criminals, University of Illinois Press, →ISBN, page 56
  2. That which causes horror.
    • 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 […]1801, Maria Edgeworth, Belinda
  3. The act of making or becoming horrifying.
    • the film industry's relentless horrification of rural culture2024, Walter S. DeKeseredy, Criminological Understandings of Horror Films: Reel Fear, page 15

Questions about horrifications

What is horrifications the plural of?
Horrifications is the plural of horrification.

Words near horrifications in the dictionary

  1. horrifical
  2. horrificality
  3. horrifically
  4. horrificating
  5. horrification
  6. horrifications
  7. horrificity
  8. horrifick
  9. horrificness
  10. horrified
  11. horrifiedly

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