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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

1. the property of being untamed and ferocious;
- Example: "the coastline is littered with testaments to the savageness of the waters"
- Example: "a craving for barbaric splendor, for savagery and color and the throb of drums"
[syn: savageness, savagery]

2. the trait of extreme cruelty;
[syn: ferociousness, brutality, viciousness, savagery]

3. a brutal barbarous savage act;
[syn: brutality, barbarity, barbarism, savagery]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Savagery \Sav"age*ry\ (?; 277), n. [F. sauvagerie.] 1. The state of being savage; savageness; savagism. [1913 Webster] A like work of primeval savagery. --C. Kingsley. [1913 Webster] 2. An act of cruelty; barbarity. [1913 Webster] The wildest savagery, the vilest stroke, That ever wall-eyed wrath or staring rage Presented to the tears of soft remorse. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. Wild growth, as of plants. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

savagery n 1: the property of being untamed and ferocious; "the coastline is littered with testaments to the savageness of the waters"; "a craving for barbaric splendor, for savagery and color and the throb of drums" [syn: savageness, savagery] 2: the trait of extreme cruelty [syn: ferociousness, brutality, viciousness, savagery] 3: a brutal barbarous savage act [syn: brutality, barbarity, barbarism, savagery]