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brutism
brute B0513500 (bro͞ot)n.1. An animal other than a human; a beast.2. A brutal, crude, or insensitive person.adj.1. Of or relating to animals other than humans: "None of the brute creation requires more than food and shelter" (Henry David Thoreau).2. Characteristic of a brute, especially:a. Entirely physical: brute force.b. Lacking or showing a lack of reason or intelligence: a brute impulse.c. Savage; cruel: brute coercion.d. Unremittingly severe: was driven to steal food through brute necessity.3. Coarse; brutish.
[From Middle English, nonhuman, from Old French brut, from Latin brūtus, stupid; see gwerə- in Indo-European roots.]
brut′ism n.brutism (ˈbruːtɪzəm) n1. the characteristic actions of a brute2. the state of being a brutebrutismthe set of attributes that characterize a brute. — brutish, adj.See also: BehaviorIdiomsSeebrute |