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Noun: brutalism  'broo-tu,li-zum
  1. Crude, violent behaviour or style
    "The critic denounced the brutalism in modern action films"
     
  2. Style of architecture which flourished from the 1950s to the mid 1970s, typically characterized by concrete forming striking repetitive angular geometries
    "The university campus featured several examples of brutalism in its older buildings"

Derived forms: brutalisms

Encyclopedia: Brutalism