Meaning of SAVAGERY
| Pronunciation: | | 'savijree
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- [n] a brutal barbarous savage act
- [n] the trait of extreme cruelty
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| | Synonyms: | | barbarism, barbarity, brutality, brutality, ferociousness, savageness, viciousness |
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| | See Also: | | atrocity, cruelness, cruelty, harshness, inhumanity | |
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| | Definition: | | \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.
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