Hypertext Webster Gateway: "savagery"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Savagery \Sav"age*ry\ (?; 277), n. [F. sauvagerie.]
1. The state of being savage; savageness; savagism.
A like work of primeval savagery. --C. Kingsley.
2. An act of cruelty; barbarity.
The wildest savagery, the vilest stroke, That ever
wall-eyed wrath or staring rage Presented to the
tears of soft remorse. --Shak.
3. Wild growth, as of plants. --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
savagery
n 1: the trait of extreme cruelty [syn: {ferociousness}, {brutality},
{viciousness}, {savageness}]
2: a brutal barbarous savage act [syn: {brutality}, {barbarity},
{barbarism}]
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