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linguistic shift. meanings and etymologies can drift over time. in english, in the modern age, brutalist implies brutality.
by arbitrage 7y ago
linguistic shift. meanings and etymologies can drift over time.
in english, in the modern age, brutalist implies brutality.
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- oh_sigh 7y agoNo, it doesn't. No one is describing, say, the Geisel Library as 'brutal', unless they've heard that it is Brutalist and didn't understand the etymology.