barbarity

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barbarity

  • /bɑː(ɹ)ˈbæɹɪti/

noun barbarities

  1. uncountable The state of being barbarous; brutality
  2. countable A barbaric act As regards barbarities committed by the Japanese army since our war of resistance, the fall of Nanking in December 1937 is a case in point. Over 200,000 civilians were massacred within one week.
  3. uncountable crudity
  4. countable A crude act

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noun state of being barbarous

हिन्दीबर्बरता barbartā, क्रूरता krūrtā
Portuguêsbarbaridade, barbárie
Françaisbarbarie
DeutschBarbarei
Ελληνικάβαρβαρότητα varvarótita
Русскийва́рварство várvarstvo

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@misc{barbarity_2026,
  title = {barbarity},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/barbarity},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}