🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

야만성

Native Script:한국어 한글

Pronunciation / Transliteration: yamanseong

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Bruteness/ˈbruːt.nəs/
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"그는 본능적인 야만성을 드러냈다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The quality or state of being brute, unpolished, or devoid of reason and intellect.

    "The philosophy of the era contrasted the nobility of human consciousness against the inherent bruteness of biological survival."
  2. 2

    Physical force, roughness, or crudity without intellectual guidance.

    "He relied on sheer bruteness rather than tactical skill to break through the barrier."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the adjective 'brute', originating in the late Middle English period from Old French 'brut', and ultimately from the Latin 'brutus' meaning heavy, dull, or irrational. The suffix '-ness' is added to form an abstract noun representing the state or quality of being brute, savage, or unrefined.

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