shockabilityn.
/ʃɒkəˈbɪlɪti/ The capacity for being shocked. Also attributive.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > [noun] > pained disapproval or shock > capacity for
shockability1929
the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being upset or perturbed > state of being shocked > [noun] > capacity for being shocked
shockability1929
1929 G. Gould Democritus 89 What we want is to preserve the precious gift of shockability while remaining too intelligent to be shocked.
1963 O. Stewart in C. Irving Scandal '63 xix. 213 In England shockability is primarily sexual.
1969 J. Elliot Duel iii. iii. 259 She had a low shockability threshold when it came to language.
1977 Zigzag 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.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
<
n.1929