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Brutality vs Brutalization - What's the difference?

brutality | brutalization |

As nouns the difference between brutality and brutalization

is that brutality is the state of being brutal while brutalization is (uncountable) the act or process of making brutal.

brutality

English

Noun

(brutalities)
  • The state of being brutal.
  • A cruel or savage act.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
    • , chapter=18 citation , passage=‘Then the father has a great fight with his terrible conscience,’ said Munday with granite seriousness. ‘Should he make a row with the police […]?  Or should he say nothing about it and condone brutality for fear of appearing in the newspapers?}}
  • The use of excessive physical force e.g. police brutality.

    • Related terms

    * atrocity

    brutalization

    English

    Alternative forms

    * brutalisation (UK)

    Noun

  • (uncountable) The act or process of making brutal
  • An instance of being brutalized.