schrecklichkeit

See also: Schrecklichkeit

English

Etymology

From German Schrecklichkeit (“awfulness”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃɹɛklɪçkaɪt/

Noun

schrecklichkeit (uncountable)

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