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   Bar·bar·i·ty

   /bärˈberədē/

   

   noun

   • 1. extreme cruelty or brutality: "the barbarity of the act outraged millions" Similar brutalitybrutalismcrueltybestialitybarbarismbarbarousnesssavageryviciousnessfiercenessferocitywickednessnastinessruthlessnessremorselessnessmercilessnessvillainymurderousnessheinousnessnefariousnessmonstrousnessbasenessvilenessinhumanityblacknessfiendishnessblack-heartednesshellishnessghastlinesshorroratrocityact of brutalityact of savageryevilcrimeoutrageoffenseabominationobscenityenormitywrongOpposite benevolence
   • 2. absence of culture and civilization: "wildernesses were seen as places of great beauty rather than as places of barbarity" Similar heathendombarbarianismbarbarismbarbarousnessprimitivenesswildnessphilistinismbenightednessunsophisticatednesslack of civilizationarchaic:rudenessOpposite civilization

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