Brutality and Humanity

Brutality

Brutality noun - Disposition to willfully inflict pain and suffering on others.
Usage example: the police were accused of brutality for using excessive force in making arrests

Humanity is an antonym for brutality.

Nearby Words: brutal, brutalize, brutally, brutalized

Humanity

Humanity noun - Human beings in general.

Brutality is an antonym for humanity.

How words are described

physical physical brutality physical humanity
low low brutality low humanity
natural natural brutality natural humanity
complete complete brutality complete humanity
Other adjectives: true, actual, little, bad.

Both words in one sentence

  • Film / Donnie Brasco While he had real friendship with Sonny Black, and found the rest of the wiseguys superficially charming, having to deal with their brutality and lack of any basic humanity day in and day out more or less reinforced his negative views of the Mafia.
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