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Definition of Brutality

1. Noun. The trait of extreme cruelty.

Definition of Brutality

1. n. The quality of being brutal; inhumanity; savageness; pitilessness.

Definition of Brutality

1. Noun. the state of being brutal ¹

2. Noun. a cruel or savage act ¹

3. Noun. the use of excessive physical force e.g. police brutality ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Brutality

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Brutality

Literary usage of Brutality

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Nicomachean Ethics of Aristotle by Aristotle, Frank Hesketh Peters (1881)
"... say that the undesirable forms of moral character are and1*' * three in number, viz. vice, incontinence, brutality. ..."

2. The Police Power, Public Policy and Constitutional Rights by Ernst Freund (1904)
"... an obscene publication under the federal legislation relating to sending obscene matter through the mails.57 brutality AND INHUMANITY. §§247-249. S 247. ..."

3. Racist Violence in the United Kingdom by Carl Haacke, Human Rights Watch (1997)
"There are a shocking number of incidents of police brutality, some of which appear to be racially motivated. Domestic and international human rights groups, ..."

4. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll by Robert Green Ingersoll (1901)
"Mr. Brockway is a believer in cruelty—an apostle of brutality. ... A civilized man does not believe in the methods of savagery. brutality ..."

5. The Police Power, Public Policy and Constitutional Rights by Ernst Freund (1904)
"... public spectacles, when children were universally subjected to severe corporal punishment, brutality was not regarded as a matter of public concern. ..."

6. American States, Churches, and Slavery by Joshua Rhodes Balme (1862)
"And the above picture is not surprising when we think of the impiety, brutality, robbery, and cruelty, which are inseparably linked with slavery. ..."

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