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Webster 1913 Edition


Barbarity

Bar-bar′i-ty

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Barbarities
.
[From
Barbarous
.]
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.
[See Barbarian.] The manners of a barbarian; savageness; cruelty; ferociousness; inhumanity.
2.
Barbarism; impurity of speech. [The use of the word in this sense, is now superseded by barbarism.]

Definition 2024


barbarity

barbarity

English

Noun

barbarity (countable and uncountable, plural barbarities)

  1. (uncountable) The state of being barbarous; brutality
  2. (countable) A barbaric act
  3. (uncountable) crudity
  4. (countable) A crude act

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