cold-bloodedness

Recent Examples of Synonyms for cold-bloodedness
Noun
  • Regardless, the making of the monster lies not in the moment of senseless cruelty but in the selfish impulses most ardently encouraged and cultivated by an unforgiving world.
    Andy Andersen, Vulture, 3 Nov. 2024
  • Unfortunately, Mama Elena, a woman driven by cruelty and customs, has other plans.
    Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 3 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • The point of all that money, like of the attack on Porter, has been to draw attention to Silicon Valley’s financial might—and to prove that its leaders are capable of political savagery in order to protect their interests.
    Charles Duhigg, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
  • There is no real bloodshed in Red Rooms, but there is a kind of spiritual savagery.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 4 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Throughout his diary, excerpts of which we are honored to share today with our readers, Navalny writes with a fierce moral clarity about the inhumanity of Vladimir Putin’s regime, and about the power of its opposite force—the humanity of his fellow-countrymen.
    David Remnick, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2024
  • Carreira is not interested in vilifying individuals but in teasing out the inhumanity of working conditions that grind people down little by little.
    Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 6 Sep. 2024
Noun
  • In the face of tragedy and crisis and inequality and barbarity, artists make work.
    Chadd Scott, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
  • Italy’s solitary-confinement policy—a regulation called carcere duro, or hard prison—is controversial in northern Europe, where it is seen as an example of southern barbarity.
    D. T. Max, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2024
Noun
  • The November election will shape how Phoenix manages the U.S. Department of Justice's investigation that found routine brutality and discrimination in the city and police department's practices.
    Taylor Seely, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Moore and her costar Margaret Qualley have been lauded for their fearless commitment to the violence and brutality required by their parts, but also for their raw, emotional vulnerability.
    Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 31 Oct. 2024

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“Cold-bloodedness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cold-bloodedness. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.

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