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I am depressed rather at the wave of brutality sweeping over the country.
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Meaning of "brutality" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BRUTALITY

brutality  [bruːˈtælɪtɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BRUTALITY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Brutality is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BRUTALITY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of brutality in the English dictionary

The definition of brutality in the dictionary is extreme cruelty. Other definition of brutality is an act of extreme cruelty.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BRUTALITY


accidentality
ˌæksɪdɛnˈtælɪtɪ
fatality
fəˈtælɪtɪ
fractality
frækˈtælɪtɪ
frontality
frənˈtælɪtɪ
fundamentality
ˌfʌndəmɛnˈtælɪtɪ
horizontality
ˌhɒrɪzɒnˈtælɪtɪ
hospitality
ˌhɒspɪˈtælɪtɪ
immortality
ˌɪmɔːˈtælɪtɪ
inhospitality
ˌɪnhɒspɪˈtælɪtɪ
instrumentality
ˌɪnstrəmenˈtælɪtɪ
mentality
mɛnˈtælɪtɪ
monumentality
ˌmɒnjʊˌmɛnˈtælɪtɪ
mortality
mɔːˈtælɪtɪ
natality
neɪˈtælɪtɪ
rectipetality
ˌrɛktɪpɪˈtælɪtɪ
sacramentality
ˌsækrəmɛnˈtælɪtɪ
sentimentality
ˌsɛntɪmɛnˈtælɪtɪ
totality
təʊˈtælɪtɪ
transcendentality
ˌtrænsenˌdenˈtælɪtɪ
vitality
vaɪˈtælɪtɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BRUTALITY

brut
brutal
brutalisation
brutalise
brutalism
brutalist
brutalization
brutalize
brutally
brute
brutelike
brutely
bruteness
bruter
brutified
brutifies
brutify
bruting
brutish
brutishly

WORDS THAT END LIKE BRUTALITY

ability
air quality
augmented reality
confidentiality
equality
functionality
homosexuality
in reality
inequality
locality
low-quality
morality
municipality
nationality
originality
personality
quality
reality
sexuality
speciality
spirituality

Synonyms and antonyms of brutality in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «BRUTALITY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «brutality» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of brutality

Translation of «brutality» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BRUTALITY

Find out the translation of brutality to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of brutality from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «brutality» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

残暴
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

brutalidad
570 millions of speakers

English

brutality
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

क्रूरता
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

وحشية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

жестокость
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

brutalidade
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পশুত্ব
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

brutalité
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kekejaman
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Brutalität
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

残忍性
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

무자비함
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Brutal
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tàn bạo
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மிருகத்தனமான
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

क्रूरपणा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

vahşilik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

brutalità
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

brutalność
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

жорстокість
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

brutalitate
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κτηνωδία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

brutaliteit
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

råhet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

brutalitet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of brutality

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BRUTALITY»

The term «brutality» is quite widely used and occupies the 29.921 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BRUTALITY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «brutality» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «brutality» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about brutality

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10 QUOTES WITH «BRUTALITY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word brutality.
1
Thomas Bernhard
The anger and the brutality against everything can readily from one hour to the next be transformed into its opposite.
2
Theodore Bikel
By showing hunger, deprivation, starvation and brutality, as well as endurance and nobility, documentaries inform, prod our memories, even stir us to action. Such films do battle for our very soul.
3
John Blair
The psychology of brutality was worse than the beatings.
4
Georg Brandes
I encountered among my comrades the most varied human traits, from frankness to reserve, from goodness, uprightness and kindness, to brutality and baseness.
5
Jim Brown
It's too bad about 'Dark of the Sun.' It was really about Tshombe. When I read the script, I thought it was going to be a political movie, and I thought we might even have a hassle. But the director simplified it to brutality and bad taste.
6
John Burns
I am depressed rather at the wave of brutality sweeping over the country.
7
Albert Claude
This attempt to isolate cell constituents might have been a failure if they had been destroyed by the relative brutality of the technique employed. But this did not happen.
8
Peter Dinklage
Each year, billions of animals are subjected to cruelty on factory farms, feed lots, and slaughterhouses. The brutality that these animals endure would be grounds for felony cruelty charges if inflicted upon our cats and dogs.
9
Dwight D. Eisenhower
I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its futility, its stupidity.
10
Geoffrey S. Fletcher
The brutality that can take place in a crime film heightens the tenderness that can also be there.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BRUTALITY»

Discover the use of brutality in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to brutality and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Race and Police Brutality: Roots of an Urban Dilemma
Disputes standard explanations of police brutality against minority citizens to offer new insights and suggestions on dealing with this problem.
Malcolm D. Holmes, Brad W. Smith, 2008
2
The Politics of Force: Media and the Construction of Police ...
Regina Lawrence ably demonstrates how these news events provide the raw materials for looking at underlying problems in American society.
Regina G. Lawrence, 2000
3
Brutality Garden: Tropicália and the Emergence of a ...
Focusing on a group of musicians from Bahia, an impoverished state in northeastern Brazil noted for its vibrant Afro-Brazilian culture, Christopher Dunn reveals how artists including Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, Gal Costa, and Tom Z© ...
Christopher Dunn, 2001
4
Police Brutality: An Anthology
Contains twelve essays in which a variety of authors examine the issue of police brutality, discussing its causes, opposition movements, and its reflection of racism in America.
Jill Nelson, 2001
5
Brotherhood of Corruption: A Cop Breaks the Silence on ...
Juarez becomes a police officer because he wants to make a difference in gang-infested neighborhoods; but, as this book reveals, he ends up a corrupt member of the most powerful gang of all--the Chicago police force.
Juan Antonio Juarez, 2004
6
Police brutality
Essays discuss the extent of police brutality, its impact on communities, and ways to reduce violence
Tamara L. Roleff, 1999
7
The New-brutality Film: Race and Affect in Contemporary ...
The 1990s saw the emergence of a new kind of American cinema, which this book calls the “new-brutality film.” Violence and race have been at the heart of Hollywood cinema since its birth, but the new-brutality film was the first kind of ...
Paul Gormley, 2005
8
Zero Tolerance: Quality of Life and the New Police Brutality ...
Essays addressing police brutality connect increasing brutality by white New York City police officers, community grassroots activism, and the daily violence sparking the city's campaign to police the quality of life.
Andrea McArdle, Tanya Erzen, 2001
9
The brutality of nations
Reveals how, in pursuit of political objectives in the Nigerian Civil War, various nations, including Britain and the United States, worked to prevent supplies of food and medicine from reaching the starving people of rebel Biafra
Dan Jacobs, 1987
10
Beautiful Brutality: The Family Ties at the Heart of Boxing
And all are caught up in this most beautiful but brutal of sports. Beautiful Brutality is the first book to examine the world of boxing from the perspective of family.
Adam Smith, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BRUTALITY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term brutality is used in the context of the following news items.
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Occupy Wall Street protesters settle police-brutality lawsuits
Six Occupy Wall Street protesters will divide a cool $332,500 settlement with the city to end their police-brutality lawsuit against the NYPD. «New York Post, Jul 15»
2
Hartford protests police brutality after video goes viral
Chanting “Shame, shame, HPD!” and “There's no excuse for systems of abuse,” 80 people rallied and marched on the Hartford Police ... «Liberation, Jul 15»
3
Why A$AP Rocky Doesn't Feel 'Obligated' to Address Police Brutality
Over the last several months we've heard several rappers speak out against police brutality. From Kendrick Lamar to J. Cole, and even Lil ... «BET, Jul 15»
4
Nightclub patron's lawsuit alleging police brutality removed to …
The Village of Washington Park and one of its officers removed a case to federal court that alleges a bar patron was tasered without probable ... «Madison County Record, Jul 15»
5
Armine Sahakyan: ​Investigation of police brutality in Armenian …
The answer was a phony police-brutality investigation.Police have used water cannons on the protesters, roughed up several and been nasty ... «Kyiv Post, Jul 15»
6
Corporate Capitalism Is the Foundation of Police Brutality and the …
New Yorkers protest the death of Freddie Gray in Baltimore in a show of solidarity at Union Square in April. (RTNJennings / MediaPunch / IPX). «Truthdig, Jul 15»
7
New Yorkers protest police brutality
New York Prospect Park has been the scene of a protest where a large group of people demanded justice for police brutality victims in the ... «Press TV, Jul 15»
8
Talib Kweli Blasts White Privilege & Police Brutality
Talib Kweli responds to people via Twitter about racism and bashes those who are inactive on the subject. Talib Kweli has always been known ... «HipHopDX, Jul 15»
9
Review: Fina Ludlow returns in Ingrid Thoft's 'Brutality'
To maintain her independence, Fina often takes cases separate from the firm, as she does in the compelling "Brutality." Fina is hired by Bobbi ... «The Missoulian, Jul 15»
10
Over 200 detained in Hague protests against police brutality
More than 200 people were detained overnight for breaking a curfew on public gatherings after protests against police brutality continued for a ... «RT, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Brutality [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/brutality>. Apr 2024 ».
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