Savagery
['sævɪdʒ(ə)rɪ] or ['sævɪdʒri]
Definition
(n.) The state of being savage; savageness; savagism.
(n.) An act of cruelty; barbarity.
(n.) Wild growth, as of plants.
Inputed by Isabella
Examples
- So mankind has progressed through savagery, chattel slavery, serfdom, to wage slavery or the capitalism of to-day. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- When this social aim is overlooked, however, the study of primitive life becomes simply a rehearsing of sensational and exciting features of savagery. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- There was a curious mixture in the boy, of uncompleted savagery, and uncompleted civilization. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Yet in meaning what has been accomplished measures just the difference of civilization from savagery. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Why does a savage group perpetuate savagery, and a civilized group civilization? John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Dirt, degradation and savagery are Endor's specialty. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
Typed by Cyril