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BRUTALISATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does brutalisation mean? 

BRUTALISATION (noun)
  The noun BRUTALISATION has 3 senses:

1. the condition of being treated in a cruel and savage mannerplay

2. the activity of treating someone savagely or viciouslyplay

3. an act that makes people cruel or lacking normal human qualitiesplay

  Familiarity information: BRUTALISATION used as a noun is uncommon.


 Dictionary entry details 


BRUTALISATION (noun)


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 ("brutalisation" is a kind of...):

condition; status (a state at a particular time)

Derivation:

brutalise (treat brutally)


Sense 2

Meaning:

The activity of treating someone savagely or viciously

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

brutalisation; brutalization

Hypernyms ("brutalisation" is a kind of...):

actus reus; misconduct; wrongdoing; wrongful conduct (activity that transgresses moral or civil law)

Derivation:

brutalise (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 ("brutalisation" is a kind of...):

debasement; degradation (changing to a lower state (a less respected state))

Derivation:

brutalise (become brutal or insensitive and unfeeling)

brutalise (make brutal, unfeeling, or inhuman)


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