kekerasan
Indonesian
Etymology
Affixed ke- + keras + -an. The sense of violence is a semantic loan from Dutch geweld.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kəkəˈrasan]
- Hyphenation: ke‧ke‧ras‧an
Noun
kêkêrasan (first-person possessive kekerasanku, second-person possessive kekerasanmu, third-person possessive kekerasannya)
- hardness
- loudness
- harshness
- violence: action which causes destruction, pain, or suffering.
- Synonym: keganasan (Standard Malay)
- force, coercion: power exerted against will or consent; compulsory power.
- Synonym: paksaan
Hyponyms
- kekerasan dalam rumah tangga
- kekerasan nyata
Further reading
- “kekerasan” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.