savagery

[sav-ij-ree]

noun

plural

savageries 

1. an uncivilized or barbaric state or condition; barbarity.

2. savage action, nature, disposition, or behavior.

savagery

/ ˈsævɪdʒrɪ /

noun

1. an uncivilized condition

2. a savage act or nature

3. savages collectively

Other Word Forms

• presavagery noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of savagery¹

First recorded in 1585–95; savage + -ry

Example Sentences

The move at the United Nations to recognize a Palestinian state torches that policy, declaring to the world that savagery and maximalist rejectionism are the currency of international legitimacy.

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Vera wrote that federal officers “unleashed crowd control weapons indiscriminately and with surprising savagery.”

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The destruction of that city, he observed, marked the moment when “mechanistic civilization has come to its final stage of savagery.”

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It's a scrapyard of savagery - the remains of many of the Russian bombs, rockets, missiles and drones used to hit in and around Kharkiv over the past three and a half years.

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Jordan Bardella, president of the RN, criticised Macron for what Bardella said was a "denial" of "savagery", seizing upon comments Macron made over the weekend.

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Related Words

• barbarism 
• barbarity 
• brutality 
• depravity 
• ferocity 
• inhumanity 
• malice 
• persecution 
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• severity 
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