barbarity
6
8.4
- noun
- /bɑːrˈbærɪti/
:
barbarie
- Beyond Germany, people spoke out against this barbarity but did not fight it with their hands as well as their mouths.
- civilization and barbarity
But also create enough order to keep us from collapsing into barbarity.
- But also create enough order to keep us from collapsing into barbarity.
Examples
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Here, we have firsthand evidence of the barbarity of war.
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The documentary showed the barbarity of the concentration camps during the war.
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What we need to do is to put an end to all this barbarity.
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The British decided that to build such a railway, it would be an act, not of engineering, but of extreme barbarity and cruelty.
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Their killing of children shows clearly their barbarity, their immorality, their spiritual poverty!
Blog text (29) -
All members of the modern world, he cautioned, are vulnerable to violence, barbarity, and the siren appeal of total ideas and final solutions.
Academic text (1999) -
Let's avoid reacting with barbarity to barbaric acts.
Academic text (1999) -
The barbarities of war... are seldom committed by abnormal men.
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What makes cruel and unusual punishment uncivil is not only its outward barbarity but also its attack on the principle of equal dignity.
Academic text (2009) -
We find tenderness and even delicacy of sentiment greatly predominant over fierceness and barbarity.
Academic text (1998)
Synonyms
686
3.2
Harmful treatment of people or animals that happens again and again
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
137
7.2
Very strong mental or physical pain that is hard to bear
129
3.2
Actions that hurt people or animals on purpose
20
7.4
Extreme cruelty or violence that hurts people
13
8.0
A very cruel act that hurts or kills many people
12
6.6
Very cruel actions that show no care for other 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
4
7.0
Cruel treatment that hurts people or animals physically and emotionally
3
6.4
Cruel treatment of a person or animal, often over a long time
1
8.3
An act that causes someone great pain and suffering on purpose
1
9.5
The quality of being very evil and cruel that shocks people
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
The quality of being very ugly or cruel in a way that shocks people
Very cruel treatment that ignores people's feelings and rights
A very cruel action that shows no human feeling
Antonyms
How Cruel
Surface Forms
Morphology
barbarity = barbarous (transparent) = barbar + ity
Formally a straightforward nominalization expressing the quality or acts associated with 'barbarous'/'barbaric' using the productive suffix '-ity'.
Etymology
Barbarity comes from an old Greek word barbaros, used for people whose speech sounded like 'bar-bar' and so seemed 'foreign' or 'strange'. Over time barbarian and barbaric came to mean 'uncivilized' or 'cruel', so barbarity now means great cruelty or brutal behaviour.