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ˈrisky, a.
[f. risk n. + -y.]
1. a. Dangerous, hazardous, fraught with risk.
1827J. F. Cooper Prairie xii, 'Twill be a risky job, and one of small profit! 1858Times 2 Dec. 6/3 The cause of human affairs [is] made very much more risky, when [etc.]. 1871Tyndall Fragm. Sci. (1879) II. xiii. 296 His experiment is a very risky one. 1890‘R. Boldrewood’ Col. Reformer (1891) 127 The place being risky, and the night extra bad.
b. Social Psychol. Phr. risky shift: in decision-making, the shift of opinion towards an option involving greater risk that may take place when responsibility for the decision rests with a group rather than an individual.
1964M. Wallach et al. in Jrnl. Abnormal & Social Psychol. LXVIII. 272/1 Group responsibility in the presence of group decision lead to a strong risky shift. 1967Kogan & Wallach in New Directions in Psychol. III. 240 Risky shifts took place with high regularity for groups of both sexes. 1972M. Argyle Social Psychol. of Work vi. 133 Whatever its causes the risky shift is clearly a source of unwise decisions in groups. 1978Lamm & Myers in Adv. in Exper. Social Psychol. XI. 149 Some researchers have used a rating scale (degree of preference for the risky vs. the cautious course of action). By and large, risky shift is obtained on items which elicit risky individual responses.
2. Venturesome, bold; audacious. rare—1.
1826J. F. Cooper Mohicans vii, I am no mortal if the risky devils haven't swam down upon the very pitch.
3. [After F. risqué.] Bordering upon, suggestive of, what is morally objectionable or offensive.
1881Daily News 25 July 2/6 He has carefully eliminated all the risky Gallicisms to which..the Palais Royal artists gave such point. 1893W. S. Gilbert Utopia ii, The Chamberlain our native stage has purged..Of ‘risky’ situation and indelicate suggestion. |