brutality Copy link Outline 1. fĕrĭtas (savage wildness2. immānĭtas (savageness; monstrous and inhuman cruelty) • brutality: 1. fĕrĭtas (savage wildness: v. brutal): to lay aside b. (of manners), f. exuere, Ov. (of the early Romans): b., which takes a pleasure in cruelty, f. cui voluptati saevitia est, Sen. (N.B.--Not ferocitas or ferocia; which usu. signify high spirit, martial temper, etc.) 2. immānĭtas (savageness; monstrous and inhuman cruelty): in b. of manners he surpasses the most monstrous beasts, morum immanitate vastissimas vincit beluas, Cic.: v. cruelty, inhumanity.