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 

• BRUTALIZATION (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 ("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)