Associations to the word «Schrecklichkeit»

Noun

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Wiktionary

SCHRECKLICHKEIT, noun. A military policy of terrorising an enemy, especially through its civilian population.
SCHRECKLICHKEIT, noun. A general atmosphere or situation of awfulness or dread.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats