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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024bru•tal•ism (bro̅o̅t′l iz′əm),USA pronunciation n. - Architecture(in modern architecture) the aesthetic use of basic building processes with no apparent concern for visual amenity.
- 1795–1805, for literal sense; brutal + -ism; in reference to architecture first used by British architects Alison Smithson (blend of, blended 1928) and Peter Smithson (blend of, blended 1923) in 1953
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