Definition of Brutalization

1. Noun. The condition of being treated in a cruel and savage manner.

Exact synonyms: Brutalisation
Generic synonyms: Condition, Status
Derivative terms: Brutalise, Brutalize

2. Noun. The activity of treating someone savagely or viciously.
Exact synonyms: Brutalisation
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.
Exact synonyms: Animalisation, Animalization, Brutalisation
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

brusts
brut
bruta
brutal
brutalisation
brutalisations
brutalise
brutalised
brutalises
brutalising
brutalisms
brutalitarian
brutalitarians
brutalities
brutality
brutalization (current term)
brutalizations
brutalize
brutalized
brutalizes
brutalizing
brutally
brute
brute(a)
brute-fact
brute-force
brute fact
brute facts
brute force
bruted

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 ..."

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