SCANDALIZATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does scandalization mean? 

• SCANDALIZATION (noun)
  The noun SCANDALIZATION has 2 senses:

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

2. the act of scandalizing

  Familiarity information: SCANDALIZATION used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SCANDALIZATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The condition of being shocked (as by improper behavior)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

scandalisation; scandalization

Hypernyms ("scandalization" is a kind of...):

condition; status (a state at a particular time)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The act of scandalizing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

outrage; scandalisation; scandalization

Hypernyms ("scandalization" is a kind of...):

affront; insult (a deliberately offensive act or something producing the effect of deliberate disrespect)

Derivation:

scandalize (strike with disgust or revulsion)

 Context examples 

I thought you'd never come! cried Amy, dropping the reins and holding out both hands, to the great scandalization of a French mamma, who hastened her daughter's steps, lest she should be demoralized by beholding the free manners of these 'mad English'.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)