Resembling a brute or animal in behavior; showing animal-like qualities like lack of intelligence or reason.
From brute + -like (suffix meaning resembling or having the quality of). A straightforward compound formation expressing similarity to brutal or animal nature.
Victorians used 'brutelike' to insult people they considered uncivilized, but the term reveals more about their prejudices than reality—modern science shows animals are far more intelligent than they assumed.
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