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Definition of Brutalization
1. Noun. The condition of being treated in a cruel and savage manner.
Generic synonyms: Condition, Status
Derivative terms: Brutalise, Brutalize
2. Noun. The activity of treating someone savagely or viciously.
Generic synonyms: Actus Reus, Misconduct, Wrongdoing, Wrongful Conduct
Derivative terms: Brutalise, Brutalize
3. Noun. An act that makes people cruel or lacking normal human qualities.
Generic synonyms: Debasement, Degradation
Derivative terms: Brutalise, Brutalise, Brutalize, Brutalize
Definition of Brutalization
1. n. The act or process of making brutal; state of being brutalized.
Definition of Brutalization
1. Noun. The act or process of making brutal ¹
2. Noun. An instance of being brutalized. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Brutalization
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Brutalization
Literary usage of Brutalization
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Annual Convention by Central Conference of American Rabbis (1915)
"And mankind will not quickly recover from the cost in the brutalization of the race.
... The war has brutalized mankind—with a brutalization of the spirit, ..."
2. Year Book of the Central Conference of American Rabbis by Central Conference of American Rabbis (1915)
"And mankind will not quickly recover from the cost in the brutalization of the race.
... The war has brutalized mankind—with a brutalization of the spirit, ..."
3. The Complete Works of Count Tolstoy by Leo Tolstoy (1905)
"... intensified methods of stupefac- , ,-,'r<'' tipn and brutalization^ and are
... This stupefaction and brutalization is accomplished by taking the men at ..."
4. The Monthly Repository of Theology and General Literature (1831)
"No one thinks of him; physical suffering leads him to brutalization, brutalization
to depravity, the source of new misery ; a vicious circle in which every ..."
5. Moribund Society and Anarchy by Jean Grave (1899)
"Horrible machine for brutalization, to which you deliver up a young man who only
asks the opportunity to develop his sentiments towards the beautiful and ..."