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brutalization|ˌbruːtəlaɪˈzeɪʃən|
[f. next + -ation.]
a. The action or process of rendering or becoming brutal, or of lowering to the level of the brutes.
b. A brutalized condition.
1797Monthly Rev. XXIII. 572 It were desirable to know whether a nation which has the virtues of ignorance and poverty can preserve them without brutalization. 1863Huxley Man's Place Nat. 110 We are told..that..the unity of origin of man and brutes involves the brutalization..of the former. 1870Pall Mall G. 19 Aug. 1 A change which might be not improperly described as brutalization. 1874H. Spencer Stud. Sociol. viii. 190 A certain brutalization has to be maintained during our passing phase of civilization. |