shock tactics

English

Noun

shock tactics pl (plural only)

1. Tactics that are intended to shock and push outside the comfort zone.
   • 2015, Dominic Sandbrook, The Great British Dream Factory, Penguin, published 2016, page 110:

     To their critics, the YBAs, with their emphasis on sex, sensationalism and shock tactics, were doing little more than copying the tactics of the ad agencies.