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BARBARITY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A brutal barbarous savage act
Synonyms:
barbarism; barbarity; brutality; savagery
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("barbarity" is a kind of...):
atrocity; inhumanity (an act of atrocious cruelty)
Derivation:
barbaric (without civilizing influences)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane
Synonyms:
atrociousness; atrocity; barbarity; barbarousness; heinousness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("barbarity" is a kind of...):
inhumaneness; inhumanity (the quality of lacking compassion or consideration for others)
