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BRUTALIZATION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does brutalization mean?
• BRUTALIZATION (noun)
The noun BRUTALIZATION has 3 senses:
1. the condition of being treated in a cruel and savage manner
2. the activity of treating someone savagely or viciously
3. an act that makes people cruel or lacking normal human qualities
Familiarity information: BRUTALIZATION used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The condition of being treated in a cruel and savage manner
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
brutalisation; brutalization
Hypernyms ("brutalization" is a kind of...):
condition; status (a state at a particular time)
Derivation:
brutalize (treat brutally)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The activity of treating someone savagely or viciously
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
brutalisation; brutalization
Hypernyms ("brutalization" is a kind of...):
actus reus; misconduct; wrongdoing; wrongful conduct (activity that transgresses moral or civil law)
Derivation:
brutalize (treat brutally)
Sense 3
Meaning:
An act that makes people cruel or lacking normal human qualities
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
animalisation; animalization; brutalisation; brutalization
Hypernyms ("brutalization" is a kind of...):
debasement; degradation (changing to a lower state (a less respected state))
Derivation:
brutalize (become brutal or insensitive and unfeeling)
brutalize (make brutal, unfeeling, or inhuman)
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