About The Word Barbarity

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Barbarity

Barbarity Meaning & Definition
Barbarity Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Barbarity?

[n] a brutal barbarous savage act
[n] the quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane

Synonyms | Synonyms for Barbarity: atrociousness | atrocity | barbarism | barbarousness | brutality | heinousness | savagery

Related Terms | Find terms related to Barbarity: acuteness | animality | atrociousness | atrocity | barbarism | barbarousness | beastliness | bestiality | bloodiness | bloodlust | bloodthirst | bloodthirstiness | bloody-mindedness | brutality | brutalness | brutishness | cannibalism | cruelness | cruelty | destructiveness | extremity | ferociousness | ferocity | fiendishness | fierceness | force | furiousness | Gothicism | harshness | heartlessness | ill breeding | impetuosity | impoliteness | incivility | inclemency | inhumaneness | inhumanity | intensity | malignity | mercilessness | mindlessness | murderousness | Neanderthalism | philistinism | pitilessness | rigor | roughness | ruthlessness | sadism | sadistic cruelty | sanguineousness | savagery | savagism | severity | sharpness | terrorism | troglodytism | truculence | uncivilizedness | uncouthness | uncultivatedness | uncultivation | unculturedness | ungentleness | unrefinement | vandalism | vehemence | venom | viciousness | violence | virulence | wanton cruelty | wildness

See Also | atrocity | inhumaneness | inhumanity | inhumanity

Barbarity In Webster's Dictionary

\Bar*bar"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Barbarities}. [From {Barbarous}.] 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.

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