savagery

  • 11savagery — noun (plural ries) Date: 1597 1. a. the quality of being savage b. an act of cruelty or violence 2. an uncivilized state …

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  • 12savagery — /sav ij ree/, n., pl. savageries. 1. an uncivilized or barbaric state or condition; barbarity. 2. savage action, nature, disposition, or behavior. [1585 95; SAVAGE + RY] * * * …

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  • 13savagery — noun a) the status of being savage b) a violent act of cruelty …

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  • 14savagery — Synonyms and related words: Gothicism, Neanderthalism, acuteness, age of ignorance, animality, atrociousness, atrocity, barbarism, barbarity, barbarousness, beastliness, benightedness, benightment, bestiality, bloodiness, bloodlust, bloodthirst,… …

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  • 15savagery — I (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. barbarity, brutality, brutishness, beastliness, monstrosity, wildness, cruelty, viciousness. II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun A cruel act or an instance of cruel behavior: barbarity, bestiality, brutality, cruelty,… …

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  • 16savagery — sav|age|ry [ sævıdʒ(ə)ri ] noun uncount behavior that is cruel and violent …

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  • 17savagery — sav·age·ry || sævɪddÊ’rɪ n. state of being uncivilized; state of being untamed; cruelness; brutality; angriness, furiousness; savage act or behavior …

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  • 18savagery — n. 1. Savagism, barbarism. 2. Cruelty, barbarity …

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  • 19savagery — sav·age·ry …

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  • 20savagery — UK [ˈsævɪdʒ(ə)rɪ] / US noun [uncountable] behaviour that is cruel and violent …

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