"fearscape" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: fearscapes [plural]
Etymology: fear + -scape Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|fear|scape}} fear + -scape Head templates: {{en-noun}} fearscape (plural fearscapes)
  1. A place or general atmosphere of fear.
    Sense id: en-fearscape-en-noun-Iou1I57u Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -scape

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1997, Lise Gotell, “Shaping Butler: The New Politics of Anti-Pornography”, in Brenda Cossman, Shannon Bell, editors, Bad Attitude/s on Trial: Pornography, Feminism, and the Butler Decision, University of Toronto Press, page 56",
          "text": "Pidduck has observed the recurrent contemporary tendency to represent sexuality through the metaphor of war - from government reports, with titles such as The War against Women, to feminist texts on sexuality, with titles such as The War Zone - as something innately violent that threatens to undermine the social order and that evokes an apocalyptic fearscape (Pidduck 1994, 5).",
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          "ref": "2007 February 8, Borys Kit, “McG relocates Wonderland to Warner Bros.”, in The Hollywood Reporter",
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