Definition of Scandalization

1. Noun. The condition of being shocked (as by improper behavior).

Exact synonyms: Scandalisation
Generic synonyms: Condition, Status

2. Noun. The act of scandalizing.
Exact synonyms: Outrage, Scandalisation
Generic synonyms: Affront, Insult
Derivative terms: Outrage, Scandalise, Scandalize

Lexicographical Neighbors of Scandalization

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scan rate
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scand
scandal
scandal-ridden
scandal of particularity
scandal sheet
scandaled
scandaling
scandalisation
scandalise
scandalised
scandalises
scandalising
scandalization (current term)
scandalize
scandalized
scandalizes
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scandalled
scandalling
scandalmonger
scandalmongering
scandalmongers
scandalous
scandalously
scandalousness
scandals
scandalum magnatum

Literary usage of Scandalization

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. History of the American Theatre by George Overcash Seilhamer (1889)
"The School for scandalization! Oh! ho! no wonder you New York folks are so very cute at it, when you go to school to learn it ; and so I jogged oft". be ..."

2. The Contrast: A Comedy in Five Acts by Royall Tyler (1920)
"The School for scandalization!—Oh! ho! no wonder you New/York folks are so cute at it, when you go to school to learn it; and so I jogged off. JESSAMY. ..."

3. Representative American Plays by Arthur Hobson Quinn (1917)
"... dogs a bit of a sight have I seen, unless you call listening to people's private business a sight. Why, says he, it is the School for scandalization. ..."

4. Representative Plays by American Dramatists by Montrose Jonas Moses (1918)
"... dogs a bit of a sight have I seen, unless you call listening to people's private business a sight. Why, says he, it is the School for scandalization. ..."

5. Representative Plays by American Dramatists by Montrose Jonas Moses (1918)
"... dogs a bit of a sight have I seen, unless you call listening to people's private business a sight. Why, says he, it is the School for scandalization. ..."

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