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Webster 1913 Edition
Barbarity
1.
The state or manner of a barbarian; lack of civilization.
2.
Cruelty; ferociousness; inhumanity.
Treating Christians with a
barbarity
which would have shocked the very Moslem. Macaulay.
3.
A barbarous or cruel act.
4.
Barbarism; impurity of speech.
[Obs.]
Swift.
Webster 1828 Edition
Barbarity
BARBAR'ITY
,Noun.
2.
Barbarism; impurity of speech. [The use of the word in this sense, is now superseded by barbarism.]Definition 2025
barbarity
barbarity
English
Noun
barbarity (countable and uncountable, plural barbarities)
- (uncountable) The state of being barbarous; brutality
- (countable) A barbaric act
- (uncountable) crudity
- (countable) A crude act
Translations
state of being barbarous
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