'Barbarity' definitions:
Definition of 'barbarity'
From: WordNet
noun
The quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane [syn: atrocity, atrociousness, barbarity, barbarousness, heinousness]
noun
Definition of 'Barbarity'
From: GCIDE
- Barbarity \Bar*bar"i*ty\, n.; pl. Barbarities. [From Barbarous.]
- 1. The state or manner of a barbarian; lack of civilization. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Cruelty; ferociousness; inhumanity. [1913 Webster]
- Treating Christians with a barbarity which would have shocked the very Moslem. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A barbarous or cruel act. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Barbarism; impurity of speech. [Obs.] --Swift. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'barbarity'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acuteness,
- animality,
- atrociousness,
- atrocity,
- barbarism,
- barbarousness,
- beastliness,
- bestiality,
- bloodiness,
- bloodlust,
- bloodthirst,
- bloodthirstiness,
- bloody-mindedness,
- brutality,
- brutalness,
- brutishness,
- cannibalism,
- cruelness,
- cruelty,
- destructiveness,
- extremity,
- ferociousness,
- ferocity,
- fiendishness,
- fierceness,
- force,
- furiousness,
- Gothicism,
- harshness,
- heartlessness,
- ill breeding,
- impetuosity,
- impoliteness,
- incivility,
- inclemency,
- inhumaneness,
- inhumanity,
- intensity,
- malignity,
- mercilessness,
- mindlessness,
- murderousness,
- Neanderthalism,
- philistinism,
- pitilessness,
- rigor,
- roughness,
- ruthlessness,
- sadism,
- sadistic cruelty,
- sanguineousness,
- savagery,
- savagism,
- severity,
- sharpness,
- terrorism,
- troglodytism,
- truculence,
- uncivilizedness,
- uncouthness,
- uncultivatedness,
- uncultivation,
- unculturedness,
- ungentleness,
- unrefinement,
- vandalism,
- vehemence,
- venom,
- viciousness,
- violence,
- virulence,
- wanton cruelty,
- wildness