Barbarity
[bɑː'bærɪtɪ] or [bɑr'bærəti]
Definition
(n.) The state or manner of a barbarian; lack of civilization.
(n.) Cruelty; ferociousness; inhumanity.
(n.) A barbarous or cruel act.
(n.) Barbarism; impurity of speech.
Typist: Marcus
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Cruelty, savageness, brutality, brutishness, ferociousness, ferocity, inhumanity, truculence, hardness of heart, manners of a barbarian.
Checker: Sinclair
Examples
- At least it must be owned, that heroic virtue, being as unusual, is as little natural as the most brutal barbarity. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- There is none of the horrid English barbarity of feeling about the social position of an artist in this house. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Think on the destruction of your captivated countryfolks (now among the wild Indians), which probably may follow, in resentment of your barbarity! Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Such a barbarity is unthinkable. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- What a barbarity! Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
Typist: Nora