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SAVAGERY
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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 ("savagery" is a kind of...):
atrocity; inhumanity (an act of atrocious cruelty)
Derivation:
savage (attack brutally and fiercely)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The trait of extreme cruelty
Synonyms:
brutality; ferociousness; savagery; viciousness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("savagery" is a kind of...):
cruelness; cruelty; harshness (the quality of being cruel and causing tension or annoyance)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The property of being untamed and ferocious
Example:
a craving for barbaric splendor, for savagery and color and the throb of drums
Synonyms:
savageness; savagery
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("savagery" is a kind of...):
ferocity; fierceness; furiousness; fury; vehemence; violence; wildness (the property of being wild or turbulent)
