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brutalism

/broot-l-iz-uhm/US // ˈbrut lˌɪz əm //UK // (ˈbruːtəˌlɪzəm) //

残暴主义,野蛮主义,残酷主义,残暴派

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the aesthetic use of basic building processes with no apparent concern for visual amenity.

Examples

  • Its chairman, Justin Shubow, has railed repeatedly and absurdly against brutalism, the style in which Bunshaft designed the Hirshhorn and its garden.

  • Brutalism avant-la-lettre, and as usual, I love all that concrete.

  • High and long sustained, the sublime anthem rolled above the battle and its brutalism.

  • It is enough to say of this old heathen dream, that there never was such a state of savage brutalism known since man was man.

  • Its bald brutalism flourishes freely only when covered and disguised.