savagery
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7.4
- noun
- /ˈsævɪdʒəri/
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barbarie
- How better, after all, to understand civilized achievement than by contrasting it with threatening savagery?
- savagery and civilization
- savagery and barbarism
- narrative of savagery
We are here because of love, a stay against savagery, sacred rage.
- We are here because of love, a stay against savagery, sacred rage.
- They were proud of their, you know, of their savagery.
- I'm not defending it, but but I mean, they killed, I mean, the, the, the, the, the savagery of the press response to them.
- The American Dream for me was I had big goals, I had a big vision, and I wanted to achieve absolute savagery.
- And there's this savagery of emotions that occurs and these come aparts and the you know what I mean is like whoa.
Examples
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Social philosophers erected stages of progress from savagery through barbarism to civilization to better describe their world.
Academic text (1996) -
We wonder even now whether this is a savagery that only sleeps, waiting to be brought to the surface.
Academic text (1992) -
And he is the man responsible for this act of savagery.
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And then I saw panic change very quickly to savagery, in people that I'd lived with and worked with.
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We created a sport for people who still have a thirst for savagery.
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How dare you accuse us of savagery?
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On one level, he was startled by the savagery of the act, the childishness of it.
Fiction book (1992) -
What's more, for all of their supposed savagery, Apache warriors never, ever, engaged in rape.
Academic text (1991) -
Shinbone, a frontier town poised between outlawry and statehood, between savagery and civilization, is such a setting.
Academic text (1999) -
The savagery of the attack left the community in shock.
Synonyms
187
5.6
Very cruel and violent actions that hurt people
151
8.1
A very cruel or violent act that shocks people, often against innocent people
34
4.3
A very strong natural force that causes damage, like a storm or eruption
18
6.8
A very strong, violent feeling or action
13
8.0
A very cruel act that hurts or kills many people
10
6.3
Being very cruel and violent toward other people or animals
9
7.3
To show no pity or kindness to reach a goal
6
3.5
A strong feeling or force, for example during a storm
6
8.4
Very cruel and violent behavior that hurts people
3
4.2
Very serious physical harm that is bloody and shocking
1
7.5
Being very wild and fierce and likely to harm people or things
1
4.5
Wanting to hurt or make others suffer
1
7.0
Very violent and cruel actions that frighten people
1
8.7
Cruel or very mean behavior towards other people
A very cruel way of behaving that shows no kindness
Very cruel actions that shock people
Antonyms
How Cruel
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7.4
6
8.4
- Offensive
187
5.6
- NSFW
129
3.2
3
4.1
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Savagery comes from savage, which once described people who lived in the 'forest' and comes from Latin silva meaning 'forest'. So savagery suggests wild, untamed and often cruel behavior.