brutality
English
noun
Definitions
- The state of being brutal.
- A cruel or savage act.
- The use of excessive physical force, often in the form of violence.
Etymology
Suffix from English brutal root from Proto-Indo-European *gʷreh₂- (heavy, strong).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*gʷreh₂-
Gloss
heavy, strong
Concept
Semantic Field
Sense perception
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
強
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Brutalism English
- Brutalist English
- aggravate English
- antigravitation English
- autogravitation English
- bariatric English
- baric English
- barium English
- barometer English
- brutal English
- brutalisation English
- brutalise English
- brutalism English
- brutalist English
- brutalize English
- brutally English
- brutalness English
- brutish English
- degravitation English
- graveness English
- gravidly English
- gravimeter English
- gravimetric English
- gravimetry English
- gravitational English
- graviton English
- gravity English
- hyperbaric English
- isobar English
- isobaric English
- multigravid English
- nonbrutal English
- overbrutal English
- supergravitation English
- supergravity English
- brutalis Latin
- brūtus Latin
- gravare Latin
- gravida Latin
- gravidus Latin
- gravis Latin
- gravitas Latin
- gravito, gravitatus Latin
- gravitās Latin
- gravitātiō Latin
- gravo Latin
- gravo, gravō, gravāre Latin
- gravō Latin
- briga Italian
- brigade French
- brigadier French
- brutal French
- βάρος Ancient Greek
- βαρύτης Ancient Greek
- *gʷreh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷrih₂-g- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷréh₂us Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷréh₂wō Proto-Indo-European
- *ud- Proto-Indo-European
- गुरु Sanskrit
- grievance Old French
- brutala Esperanto
- brutal Indonesian
- aggravation Middle French
- baric
- barium
- isobar
- brutal
- brutish
- gravity
- graviton
- isobaric
- brutally
- gravidly
- brutalist
- bariatric
- nonbrutal
- barometer
- Brutalism
- brutalise
- brutalize
- aggravate
- graveness
- brutalism
- Brutalist
- gravimeter
- gravimetry
- brutalness
- hyperbaric
- overbrutal
- multigravid
- gravimetric
- supergravity
- degravitation
- brutalisation
- gravitational
- autogravitation
- antigravitation
- supergravitation