Barbarity
/bɑː(ɹ)ˈbæɹɪti/ noun
noun ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The state of being barbarous; brutality uncountable
- 2 a brutal barbarous savage act wordnet
- 3 A barbaric act countable
"As regards barbarities committed by the Japanese army since our war of resistance, the fall of Nanking in December 1937 is a case in point. Over 200,000 civilians were massacred within one week."
- 4 the quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane wordnet
- 5 crudity uncountable
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- 6 A crude act countable
Example
More examples"Let me therefore enter upon this noble cause with a chearfulness, grounded upon this assurance, that my adversary's cause is maintain'd by nothing but fraud, fallacy, ignorance and barbarity; whereas mine has light, truth, reason, the practice and the learning of the best ages of the world, of its side."