savagery
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savagery
- /ˈsæv.ɪd͡ʒ.ɹɪ/
noun savageries
- Savage or brutal behaviour; barbarity. “For some reason the women have not reverted to savagery so rapidly as the men.”
- A violent act of cruelty.
- Savages collectively; the world of savages. They spring out of an element of diffused homosexuality which is at least as marked in civilization as it is in savagery.
- Wild growth of plants. […] they […] made, amongst other features, lead ponds. With their departure these lands once more reverted to savagery; gardening, along with virtually all aspects of culture, disappeared and with it the man-made water gardens.
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noun being savage — see also savageness
| Español | selvatiquez |
|---|---|
| हिन्दी | बर्बरता barbartā, क्रूरता krūrtā |
| Português | selvageria |
| Français | sauvagerie |
| Deutsch | Wildheit |
| Ελληνικά | αγριότητα agriótita |
| Русский | ди́кость díkostʹ |
noun act of cruelty
| Español | salvajada, salvajería, salvajismo |
|---|---|
| Português | selvageria |
| Ελληνικά | αγριότητα agriótita |
| Русский | свире́пость svirépostʹ, зве́рство zvérstvo, жесто́кость žestókostʹ |
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@misc{savagery_2026,
title = {savagery},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/savagery},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
