Brutality and Irony

Brutality

Brutality noun - Disposition to willfully inflict pain and suffering on others.

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Irony and brutality are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Irony" instead a noun "Brutality".

Nearby Words: brutal, brutalize, brutally, brutalized

Irony noun - Incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs.

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Brutality and irony are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Brutality" instead a noun "Irony".

Nearby Words: ironic, ironical, ironically, ironist

pure	pure brutality	pure irony
complete	complete brutality	complete irony
true	true brutality	true irony
sheer	sheer brutality	sheer irony
Other adjectives: actual, massive, great, little, vicious, horrible, dark, implied, overwhelming, maximum.

They fail to see the irony of their violence, as descendants of Black Furies who migrated to the Amazon rain forests out of disgust with men's brutality toward women.

Source: Tabletop Game / Werewolf: The Apocalypse
Not So Above It All: Inverted; King Schultz treats slavery as the stupid backwards practice of easily dispatched dumb rednecks, but Calvin Candie's brutality eventually breaks down his wall of irony.

Source: Film / Django Unchained

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