[syn: brutality, barbarity, barbarism, savagery]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Barbarity \Bar*bar"i*ty\, n.; pl. Barbarities. [From
Barbarous.]
1. The state or manner of a barbarian; lack of civilization.
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2. Cruelty; ferociousness; inhumanity.
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Treating Christians with a barbarity which would
have shocked the very Moslem. --Macaulay.
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3. A barbarous or cruel act.
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4. Barbarism; impurity of speech. [Obs.] --Swift.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
barbarity
n 1: the quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane [syn:
atrocity, atrociousness, barbarity, barbarousness,
heinousness]
2: a brutal barbarous savage act [syn: brutality, barbarity,
barbarism, savagery]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
73 Moby Thesaurus words for "barbarity":
Gothicism, Neanderthalism, 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, harshness,
heartlessness, ill breeding, impetuosity, impoliteness, incivility,
inclemency, inhumaneness, inhumanity, intensity, malignity,
mercilessness, mindlessness, murderousness, 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