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The synonyms of “Savagery” are: brutality, ferociousness, viciousness, barbarism, barbarity, savageness, ferocity, fierceness, violence, cruelty, sadism, barbarousness, murderousness, bloodthirstiness, mercilessness, ruthlessness, pitilessness, inhumanity, heartlessness
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “savagery” as a noun can have the following definitions:
barbarism | A word or expression which is badly formed according to traditional philological rules, e.g. a word formed from elements of different languages, such as breathalyser (English and Greek) or television (Greek and Latin). She called the execution an act of barbarism. |
barbarity | The quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane. Wildernesses were seen as places of great beauty rather than as places of barbarity. |
barbarousness | The quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane. |
bloodthirstiness | A disposition to shed blood. |
brutality | The trait of extreme cruelty. Brutality against civilians. |
cruelty | Behaviour which causes physical or mental harm to another, especially a spouse, whether intentionally or not. He has treated her with extreme cruelty. |
ferociousness | The property of being wild or turbulent. |
ferocity | The state or quality of being ferocious. She hated him with a ferocity that astonished her. |
fierceness | The property of being wild or turbulent. |
heartlessness | An absence of concern for the welfare of others. |
inhumanity | An act of atrocious cruelty. Man s inhumanity to man. |
mercilessness | Feelings of extreme heartlessness. |
murderousness | A bloodthirsty hatred arousing murderous impulses. |
pitilessness | Mercilessness characterized by a lack of pity. |
ruthlessness | The quality of lacking pity or compassion for others. The real world ruthlessness of business. |
savageness | The property of being untamed and ferocious. The coastline is littered with testaments to the savageness of the waters. |
viciousness | Deliberate cruelty or violence. They reveal a stupidity and viciousness when arguing. |
violence | Behaviour involving physical force intended to hurt, damage, or kill someone or something. Domestic violence against women. |
atrocity | An act of atrocious cruelty. A textbook which detailed war atrocities. |
barbarism | Absence of culture and civilization. She called the execution an act of barbarism. |
brutal | Savagely violent. A brutal murder. |
cannibalism | The practice of eating the flesh of your own kind. To avoid cannibalism caterpillars were reared individually. |
cruel | Causing pain or suffering. The winters are long hard and cruel. |
cruelty | The quality of being cruel and causing tension or annoyance. We can t stand cruelty to animals. |
ferocious | Marked by extreme and violent energy. A ferocious battle. |
ferocity | The property of being wild or turbulent. She hated him with a ferocity that astonished her. |
fierce | Very; extremely. Fierce fighting continued throughout the day. |
fury | The hideous snake-haired monsters (usually three in number) who pursued unpunished criminals. The fury of a gathering storm. |
gory | Covered in blood. A gory horror film. |
hanging | The act of suspending something hanging it from above so it moves freely. The cold castle walls were covered with hangings. |
heretical | Holding an opinion at odds with what is generally accepted. A heretical theologian. |
inhuman | Without compunction or human feeling. The inhuman treatment meted out to political prisoners. |
inhumane | Lacking and reflecting lack of pity or compassion. Confining wild horses is inhumane. |
inhumanity | Extremely cruel and brutal behaviour. Man s inhumanity to man. |
insensate | Without compunction or human feeling. Insentient or insensate stone. |
oppression | Prolonged cruel or unjust treatment or exercise of authority. Beatrice s mood had initially been alarm and a sense of oppression. |
perversity | Deliberately deviating from what is good. There will always be a few people who through macho perversity gain satisfaction from bullying and terrorism. |
repression | The classical defense mechanism that protects you from impulses or ideas that would cause anxiety by preventing them from becoming conscious. The tsarist repressions. |
ritual | Of or relating to or characteristic of religious rituals. She likes the High Church ritual. |
ruthlessness | The quality of lacking pity or compassion for others. The real world ruthlessness of business. |
savage | Without civilizing influences-Margaret Meade. Packs of savage dogs roamed the streets. |
truculence | Obstreperous and defiant aggressiveness. |
truculent | Eager or quick to argue or fight; aggressively defiant. The truculent attitude of farmers to cheaper imports. |
tyranny | A form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc. The tyranny of her stepmother. |
violence | The unlawful exercise of physical force or intimidation by the exhibition of such force. Screen violence. |
violent | Marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions inclined to react violently fervid. A violent attack. |
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