savage
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- noun
- /ˈsævɪdʒ/
- Slur
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salvaje
- Native Americans have been "extirpated" as "savages" and as "barbarians" on their own soil.
- noble savage
- people as savages
- uncivilized savages
My answer to them was we're not savages.
- My answer to them was we're not savages.
- We had no laws, we were Barbarians, savages.
- Be angry at those who want to colonize the savages.
- Moored to the stage, the noblest of savages.
- I go, Oh my God, what a what weird people to call call the folks they killed savages.
- That's not just because they're warlike savages, or insofar as they're warlike savages, they're also in it for treasure plunder.
- And then next half hour I'd be like, OK, Tonto, like smell the ground for for other savages.
Examples
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They were savages.
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Pay no attention to these savages; come sit by the fire and have a cup of tea.
Fiction book (1991) -
We would still be a pack of savages.
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Neither of us slept much that night, but the savages did not return.
Fiction book (1997) -
Perhaps we indeed are those wild savages that the treaty refers to.
Academic text (2017) -
Until recently, Native Americans were commonly regarded as savages who had no religion.
Academic text (1991) -
This is the narrative of the noble savage, the idyllic indigenous peoples.
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They are savages!
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Out-groups continued to portray Puerto Ricans as "savages," but this only solidified their unity and fueled their anger.
Academic text (1997) -
Throughout history, many cultures viewed their rivals as savage beings who lacked the refinements of civilization.
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Etymology
The noun savage comes from Latin silva 'wood' via Old French sauvage, and was long used to label people seen as 'from the woods' and therefore uncivilized. This use is offensive today because it wrongly judges whole groups and should be avoided.