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
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
29 March 2025
(adjective) without care or thought for others; “the thoughtless saying of a great princess on being informed that the people had no bread; ‘Let them eat cake’”
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