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If someone is considered a brute, this qualifier can mean several things and all of them negative. A brute is someone uneducated and impolite, an ignorant person, someone clumsy, an individual with a conduct aggressive and cruel, a person who executes an action roughly and with little delicacy or someone who uses obscene words out of context. You can even use this word in a friendly sense (sometimes the exclamation "don't be gross!" Can be said with a positive and loving intention). Consequently, its meaning will depend on the context of the language in which it is used.

Human brutality

Certain violent and aggressive behaviors are considered brutal. Brutality is valued as an excessive form of conduct, as it is associated with physical aggression and the use of force in a disproportionate way. In this sense, when the police exceed the use of force, they speak of police brutality.

Terrorist actions, cruelty, torture, mistreatment of animals or the violence machista are equally manifestations of human brutality. Both from the point of view

moral as legal, brutality is understood negatively, since it is an undesirable behavior and contrary to good coexistence.

Other meanings of the term

The word gross has other meanings. Thus, certain elements of nature (for example, some minerals) are called raw when they have not yet undergone a transformation process.

In an economic sense, there are a series of concepts related to this term, such as GDP (Gross Domestic Product, an economic magnitude that measures the wealth of a nation for a period of time) or the net salary (The salary that is received before applying a series of deductions).

A diamond in the rough

Diamond is a precious stone of great value. Its high price has a justification, since it is very difficult to find one in nature and, on the other hand, when the diamond stone is properly polished it becomes a piece of great beauty.

However, when talking about a rough diamond, it is not referring to any diamond but to a person who has great potential. Thus, someone who has not officially studied at the education system but it shows that you have a intelligence Natural is a diamond in the rough, because with dedication and effort it could achieve any type of goal in life.

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