BARBARITY

brutality, barbarity, barbarism, savagery

(noun) a brutal barbarous savage act

atrocity, atrociousness, barbarity, barbarousness, heinousness

(noun) the quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

barbarity (countable and uncountable, plural barbarities)

(uncountable) The state of being barbarous; brutality

(countable) A barbaric act

(uncountable) crudity

(countable) A crude act

Source: Wiktionary


Bar*bar"i*ty, n.; pl. Barbarities. Etym: [From Barbarous.]

Definition: The state or manner of a barbarian; lack of civilization.

2. Cruelty; ferociousness; inhumanity. Treating Christians with a barbarity which would have shocked the very Moslem. Macaulay.

3. A barbarous or cruel act.

4. Barbarism; impurity of speech. [Obs.] Swift.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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