Savagery

[sav·age·ry]

The property of being untamed and ferocious

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The state of being savage; savageness; savagism.

Noun
a brutal barbarous savage act

Noun
the trait of extreme cruelty


n.
The state of being savage; savageness; savagism.

n.
An act of cruelty; barbarity.

n.
Wild growth, as of plants.


Savagery

Sav"age*ry (?; 277), n. [F. sauvagerie.] 1. The state of being savage; savageness; savagism.
A like work of primeval savagery.
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.
3. Wild growth, as of plants. Shak.

The state of being savage; savageness; savagism.

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Usage Examples

There was an age, however, when the transition from savagery to civilization, with all its impressive outward manifestations in art and architecture, took place for the first time.

Germany has reduced savagery to a science, and this great war for the victorious peace of justice must go on until the German cancer is cut clean out of the world body.

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Other Usage Examples

Religion is the last refuge of human savagery.

Conservatives saw the savagery of 9/11 in the attacks and prepared for war liberals saw the savagery of the 9/11 attacks and wanted to prepare indictments and offer therapy and understanding for our attackers.

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