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brutalities

brutalities is the plural of brutality.

Meaning of brutality

Noun

brutality (countable and uncountable, plural brutalities)

  1. The state of being brutal.
    • Yes, said Stalin, Lenin did accuse me of brutality, and I am brutal where the revolution is concerned—but did Lenin ever say that my policy was wrong? To this the opposition had no answer.1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume III: The Breakdown, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozkład (in...
  2. A cruel or savage act.
    • ‘Then the father has a great fight with his terrible conscience,’ said Munday with granite seriousness. ‘Should he make a row with the police[…]? Or should he say nothing about it and condone brutality for fear of appearing in the newspapers?1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 18, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC
  3. The use of excessive physical force, often in the form of violence.
    • police brutality

Questions about brutalities

What is brutalities the plural of?
Brutalities is the plural of brutality.

Words near brutalities in the dictionary

  1. brutalistically
  2. brutalists
  3. brutalitarian
  4. brutalitarianism
  5. brutalitarians
  6. brutalities
  7. brutality
  8. brutalization
  9. brutalizations
  10. brutalize
  11. brutalized

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