brutality
Syllables: bru·tal·i·ty/ˌbɹuːˈtælɪti/
brutality noun: the state of being brutal.
Noun
brutality (countable and uncountable, plural brutalities)
- 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...
- 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
- The use of excessive physical force, often in the form of violence.
- police brutality
- school brutality
brutality meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam
brutality in Hindi
- state of being brutal
- बर्बरता barbartā, क्रूरता krūrtā, निर्ममता nirmamtā
brutality in Tamil
- ஈனச் செயல், கொடுஞ்செயல், அட்டகாசம், வன்செயல், வன்பாடு, வெறிச்செயல்
brutality in Urdu
- حیوانیت
brutality in Malayalam
- ക്രൂരത, മൃഗീയത
More languagesFewer languages
- brutality in Kannada
- ಪಾಶವೀಕೃತ್ಯ, ಅಸಭ್ಯತೆ
- brutality in Arabic
- وحشية Wahshiya
Examples of brutality in a sentence
- The movie really should've content warned its police brutality and not just the drug use.
- The film portrays the brutality of slavery.
- "As a black man you should want to speak out against police brutality and racial injustice.
Forms of brutality
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Origin of brutality
From brutal + -ity.
Words formed from brutality
Words that rhyme with brutality
- modality
- plurality
- locality
- personality
- reality
- fatality
- morality
- bestiality
- potentiality
- sexuality
- duality
- formality
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- instrumentality
- irrationality
- tonality
- asexuality
- banality
- centrality
- externality
- generality
- hospitality
- normality
- totality
- causality
- confidentiality
- conventionality
- cordiality
- dimensionality
- eventuality
- extraterritoriality
- fantasticality
- homosexuality
- immorality
- legality
- lethality
- mentality
- notionality
- sensuality
- surreality
- temporality
- androsexuality
- chirality
- congeniality
- dentality
- diapersexuality
- finality
- fursonality
- geniality
- grammaticality
- graysexuality
- gynesexuality
- gynosexuality
- institutionality
- joviality
- magnality
- mysticality
- omnipotentiality
- speciality
- sphericality
- topicality
Questions about brutality
- What does brutality mean?
- Brutality means the state of being brutal.
- What is brutality in Hindi?
- Brutality in Hindi is बर्बरता (barbartā), क्रूरता (krūrtā), निर्ममता (nirmamtā). See Brutality meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is brutality?
- Brutality is a noun.
- How do you pronounce brutality?
- Brutality is pronounced /ˌbɹuːˈtælɪti/.
- What is the plural of brutality?
- The plural of brutality is brutalities.
Words near brutality in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: brutality (page history and authors); brutality (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); brutality (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); brutality (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); brutality (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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