Associations to the word «Brutalization»

Wiktionary

BRUTALIZATION, noun. (uncountable) The act or process of making brutal
BRUTALIZATION, noun. An instance of being brutalized.

Dictionary definition

BRUTALIZATION, noun. The condition of being treated in a cruel and savage manner.
BRUTALIZATION, noun. The activity of treating someone savagely or viciously.
BRUTALIZATION, noun. An act that makes people cruel or lacking normal human qualities.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats