Definition of "thuggishness" [thuggishness]

• The quality or state of being thuggish. (noun)

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• "Obviously, we're generalizing here: it's not clear how widespread this attitude really is on the right, and we don't know exactly how much of this kind of thuggishness there has even been so far, much less how whether there is more to come."
• "The anti-intellectual thuggishness of numerous comments on this thread is quite remarkable."
• "If so, is it something like, “Anti-discrimination laws will lead to a slippery slope that will tend to result in Mugabe-style brutality, thuggishness and collapse of the rule of law”?"