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Savagery

//ˈsæv.ɪd͡ʒ.ɹɪ// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Savage or brutal behaviour; barbarity. uncountable

    "“For some reason the women have not reverted to savagery so rapidly as the men.”"

  2. 2
    a brutal barbarous savage act wordnet
  3. 3
    A violent act of cruelty. countable
  4. 4
    the trait of extreme cruelty wordnet
  5. 5
    Savages collectively; the world of savages. countable, uncountable

    "They spring out of an element of diffused homosexuality which is at least as marked in civilization as it is in savagery."

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  1. 6
    the property of being untamed and ferocious wordnet
  2. 7
    Wild growth of plants. uncountable

    "[…] they […] made, amongst other features, lead ponds. With their departure these lands once more reverted to savagery; gardening, along with virtually all aspects of culture, disappeared and with it the man-made water gardens."

Etymology

From savage + -ry.

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