ultraviolence
noun
ultraviolence is a noun meaning “Unnecessary, unprovoked (usually brutal) violence; violent acts simply for the thrill and entertainment of it” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled U-L-T-R-A-V-I-O-L-E-N-C-E, and it appears about once in every 9 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does ultraviolence mean?
noun
- 1
Unnecessary, unprovoked (usually brutal) violence; violent acts simply for the thrill and entertainment of it.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce ultraviolence?
- Australia
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-ultraviolence.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of ultraviolence
- ultra-violence
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is ultraviolence?
Ultraviolence appears about once in every 9 million words in written English, the 91,522nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Words people confuse with ultraviolence
Also written: ultra-violence (one word or two).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Where does ultraviolence come from?
From ultra- + violence.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).