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shockability|ʃɒkəˈbɪlɪtɪ|
[f. shockable a.: see -ity.]
The capacity for being shocked. Also attrib.
1929G. Gould Democritus 89 What we want is to preserve the precious gift of shockability while remaining too intelligent to be shocked. 1963O. Stewart in C. Irving Scandal '63 xix. 213 In England shockability is primarily sexual. 1969J. Elliot Duel iii. iii. 259 She had a low shockability threshold when it came to language. 1977Zigzag Aug. 5/2 The new wave audiences have been beaten into applauding what they can get while ignoring any new trends that don't quite fit the Sunday People blueprint for shockability. |