schrecklichkeit /ˈʃɹɛklɪçkaɪt/ noun2 •A military policy of terrorising an enemy, especially through its civilian population. •A general atmosphere or situation of awfulness or dread.1973: I embarked on the quotidian schrecklichkeit of getting up. — Kyril Bonfiglioli, Don't Point That Thing at Me (Penguin 2001, p. 11) — 1973