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terrorsploitation

noun

Etymology

From terror + -sploitation.

  1. derived from *tre-✻
  2. derived from *trozeō✻
  3. derived from tr̥reō
  4. derived from terror — “fright, fear, terror”
  5. derived from terreur
  6. inherited from terrour
  7. formed as terrorsploitation — “terror + -sploitation”

Definitions

  1. A genre of exploitation films focused on terrorism or terrorist attacks, often provoking…

    A genre of exploitation films focused on terrorism or terrorist attacks, often provoking fear.

    • “London Has Fallen – into a pit of manure.” Hollywood’s latest take on the War on Terror has been condemned by critics as a racist “terrorsploitation” fantasy designed to spread fear after the Paris attacks.
    • In fact, in structure, theme, and success, American Sniper isn’t so much a war film as a terrorsploitation shoot-em-up. Forget Billy Lynn; closer analogues are the television show 24 or London Has Fallen (2016).

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for terrorsploitation. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA