English Explanatory Dictionary

brutalism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Brutal, violent behaviour; savagery.
  2. Alternative letter-case form of Brutalism.
noun
  1. A style of modernist architecture characterized by angular geometry and overt signs of the construction process.

Word forms

brutalism brutalisms

Etymology

From brutal + -ism.

Synonyms

New Brutalism

Derived words

neobrutalism Brutalist
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