ultraviolence

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13

Definition of ultraviolence

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (uncountable)Unnecessary, unprovoked (usually brutal) violence; violent acts simply for the thrill and entertainment of it.
    “I gave them the ultra-violence, the crasting, the dratsing, the old in-out in-out, the lot, right up to this night's veshch with the bugatty starry ptitsa with the mewing kots and koshkas.”
    “Sam and Max are Freelance Police, irreverent and slightly insane, toting guns and determined to bring outrageous ultraviolence and fluffy kittens to the world. They also happen to be a dog and rabbit, respectively.”
    “But by the early 2000s, we were seeing fewer games like DOOM that dealt in the fantasia of ultraviolence and more games that tried to replicate the everyday violence of military encounters.”

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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Latin ūls Proto-Indo-European *-teros? Latin -ter Old Latin -ād Latin -ā Latin ultrābor. English ultra Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *wéyh₁s Proto-Italic *wīs Latin vīs Latin violēns Proto-Indo-European…

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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Latin ūls Proto-Indo-European *-teros? Latin -ter Old Latin -ād Latin -ā Latin ultrābor. English ultra Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *wéyh₁s Proto-Italic *wīs Latin vīs Latin violēns Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin violentiabor. Old French violencebor. Middle English violence English violence English ultraviolence From ultra + violence.

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