horrification

English

Etymology

From horror +‎ -ification, or alternatively horrific +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌhɒɹɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/, /ˌhɒɹɪfəˈkeɪʃən/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌhɔɹɪfəˈkeɪʃən/, /ˌhɑɹɪfəˈkeɪʃən/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˌhɔɹɘfɘˈkæeʃɘn/

Noun

horrification (countable and uncountable, plural horrifications)

1. The act of horrifying, or state of being horrified.
   • 1992, Lonnie H. Athens, The Creation of Dangerous Violent Criminals, University of Illinois Press, →ISBN, page 56:

     ... 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 […]

2. That which causes horror.
   • 1801, Maria Edgeworth, Belinda:

     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 […]

3. The act of making or becoming horrifying.
   • 2024, Walter S. DeKeseredy, Criminological Understandings of Horror Films: Reel Fear, page 15:

     the film industry's relentless horrification of rural culture