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shockumentary

shockumentary 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.

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

Forms of shockumentary

pluralshockumentaries

Origin of shockumentary

Blend of shock + documentary.

Questions about shockumentary

What does shockumentary mean?
Shockumentary means 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.
What part of speech is shockumentary?
Shockumentary is a noun.
What is the plural of shockumentary?
The plural of shockumentary is shockumentaries.

Words near shockumentary in the dictionary

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

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