savageness
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7.5
- noun
- /ˈsævɪdʒnəs/
:
salvajismo
- For a TV reporter to not be able to "make the (very, very, very) small leap" from Jihad to acknowledging that innocents (including women and children) killed in Jihad is an act of savageness is beyond me.
Examples
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But of the three readings, by far the favorite, giving rise to the most spirited discussion, was the excerpt from Ruskin's "Savageness of Gothic Architecture" in Stones.
Academic text (2011) -
And I'm not saying it reeks of savageness and stupidity.
Fiction book (1998) -
"After all of this, we have failed to take the savageness out of her," she lamented.
Fiction book (1992) -
"To tame the savageness of man "and make gentle the life of this world."
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Though only a tale, the savageness of the Chinese was demonstrated through such claims as rat-eating.
Academic text (2002) -
In the combats of their chiefs, there is a peculiar savageness; even their women are bloody and fierce.
Academic text (1998) -
Moreover, an alarming increase in the frequency and savageness of adolescent crime has been noted (Kantrowitz, 1993; Mulvey et al., 1990).
Academic text (1994) -
She's not accusing anyone of "plagiarism" (though admittedly others are on her behalf, apparently with Tiger Woods-like savageness), and she specifically tried to avoid a blog war, though unsuccessfully.
Blog text (14) -
The savageness of the wild animal made it difficult for the trainers to approach it safely.
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In his artwork, he captured the savageness of nature during a storm.
Synonyms
34
4.3
A very strong natural force that causes damage, like a storm or eruption
20
7.4
Extreme cruelty or violence that hurts people
18
6.8
A very strong, violent feeling or action
10
6.3
Being very cruel and violent toward other people or animals
6
3.5
A strong feeling or force, for example during a storm
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3.9
The state of being wild and not controlled by people, like a jungle
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7.0
Very violent and cruel actions that frighten people
1
8.7
Cruel or very mean behavior towards other people
Antonyms
How Wild
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Savageness comes from savage, a word that first meant 'of the forest' and comes from an old Latin word silva meaning 'wood' or 'forest'. So today savageness describes the quality of being 'wild', fierce, or untamed.