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shockumentaries

shockumentaries is the plural of shockumentary.

Meaning of shockumentary

Noun

shockumentary (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

Questions about shockumentaries

What is shockumentaries the plural of?
Shockumentaries is the plural of shockumentary.

Words near shockumentaries in the dictionary

  1. shockstall
  2. shockstalls
  3. shockt
  4. shocktroop
  5. shocktroops
  6. shockumentaries
  7. shockumentary
  8. shockvertising
  9. shockwave
  10. shockwaves
  11. shockworker

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