Barbarity

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Barbarity \Bar*bar"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Barbarities}. [From
     {Barbarous}.]
     1. The state or manner of a barbarian; lack of civilization.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Cruelty; ferociousness; inhumanity.


        [1913 Webster]
  
              Treating Christians with a barbarity which would
              have shocked the very Moslem.         --Macaulay.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. A barbarous or cruel act.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. Barbarism; impurity of speech. [Obs.] --Swift.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  barbarity
       n 1: the quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane [syn: {atrocity},
             {atrociousness}, {barbarousness}, {heinousness}]
       2: a brutal barbarous savage act [syn: {brutality}, {barbarism},
           {savagery}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  73 Moby Thesaurus words for "barbarity":
     Gothicism, Neanderthalism, acuteness, animality, atrociousness,
     atrocity, barbarism, barbarousness, beastliness, bestiality,
     bloodiness, bloodlust, bloodthirst, bloodthirstiness,
     bloody-mindedness, brutality, brutalness, brutishness, cannibalism,
     cruelness, cruelty, destructiveness, extremity, ferociousness,
     ferocity, fiendishness, fierceness, force, furiousness, harshness,
     heartlessness, ill breeding, impetuosity, impoliteness, incivility,
     inclemency, inhumaneness, inhumanity, intensity, malignity,
     mercilessness, mindlessness, murderousness, philistinism,
     pitilessness, rigor, roughness, ruthlessness, sadism,
     sadistic cruelty, sanguineousness, savagery, savagism, severity,
     sharpness, terrorism, troglodytism, truculence, uncivilizedness,
     uncouthness, uncultivatedness, uncultivation, unculturedness,
     ungentleness, unrefinement, vandalism, vehemence, venom,
     viciousness, violence, virulence, wanton cruelty, wildness