brutenessn.
/ˈbruːtnɪs/ 1. Rudeness, roughness, savageness, brutality.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > violent action or operation > [noun]
brathc1175
reighshipc1275
airc1300
ragec1330
sturdinessc1384
violencea1387
fierceness1435
vehemencyc1487
furiosity1509
fiercetya1513
bremeness?1529
boistousness1530
vehemence1535
bruteness1538
violency1538
violentness1544
vehementness1561
wrath1579
fury1585
torture1605
keenness?1606
ragingness1621
stiffness1623
rapt1632
tempestuousness1648
boisterousnessa1650
rampancy1652
boisture1667
untamedness1727
paroxysm1893
storminess1894
the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > savagery > [noun]
rethenesseOE
grimcundleȝcc1175
fellhead1340
ferteec1380
fiercenessc1384
savagenessa1400
grimliness14..
fellnessc1410
bestialitya1413
fierceheadc1440
cruelness?a1475
inhumanity1477
bremeness?1529
fury1534
tigerness1535
bruteness1538
immanity1539
wolvishness?1548
ferity?c1550
brutishness1567
truculency1569
Phalarism1581
ferocity1606
savagerya1616
brutality1633
inhumanness1649
wolfishness1676
boarishness1682
brutism1687
truculence1727
ferociousness1766
bestialism1824
tigerhood1846
Calibanism1859
unhumanness1885
inhumanism1907
Hunnishness1914
the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > ill-treatment > cruelty > [noun] > inhuman
inhumanity1477
bruteness1538
immanity1539
Phalarism1581
brutality1633
inhumanness1649
brutalism1803
unhumanness1885
inhumanism1907
society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > civilization > lack of civilization > [noun]
barbarousness1549
Barbary1564
barbarity1570
barbarism1584
incivility1584
uncivility1598
wildness1639
ferity1646
the (also a) state of nature1650
savagism1665
savagery1782
semi-barbarism1817
barbarization1822
incivilization1823
semibarbarianism1828
savagedom1844
barbarianism1854
uncivilizedness1879
uncivilization1880
bruteness1883
semi-savagedom1887
1538 R. Pole in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) I. i. xxxviii. 457 The bruteness and danger of the thing.
1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. I. ii. ix. sig. N.viijv/1 Crueltie in reuenging..brutenesse in rebelling..are the thinges that in warre are worthie to be blamed.
1883 G. MacDonald Donal Grant III. xxix. 282 The bruteness of the life he had hitherto led.
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the mind > mental capacity > intellect > want of intellect > animal nature of man > [noun] > brutishness
bestialitya1413
brutality1550
bruteness1590
brutalism1803
bestialism1824
brute-mindedness1843
beaver-intellect1850
beaverism1850
brutalization1874
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. viii. sig. T4v Thou dotard vile, That with thy brutenesse shendst thy comely age.
1594 J. Sylvester tr. O. de la Nove Profit Imprisonm. 591 'Tis in truth your brutenesse in misdeeming Things evill, that are good.
3. Want of consciousness, materiality. rare.
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1836 R. W. Emerson Nature 93 The immobility or bruteness of nature, is the absence of spirit.
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