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savagism

American  
[sav-uh-jiz-uhm] / ˈsæv əˌdʒɪz əm /

noun

  1. barbarism; savagery.


Etymology

Origin of savagism

First recorded in 1790–1800; savage + -ism

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As society advances, wealth increases; from savagism to civilization, from early civilization to the present time.

From Brook Farm Historic and Personal Memoirs by John Thomas Codman

I have seen a good deal of ferocity and savagism, and it was not at all confined to people acknowledged to be barbarians.

From The History of Minnesota and Tales of the Frontier by Charles E. (Charles Eugene) Flandrau

One cannot but be astonished at this mixture of "Japanism," savagism and eighteenth century taste, which constitutes inimitably the nude of Renoir.

From The French Impressionists (1860-1900) by Camille Mauclair

This state of crude society is named savagism.

From Brook Farm Historic and Personal Memoirs by John Thomas Codman

They assign 60,000 to savagism, 20,000 to barbarism, and 5,000 to civilization.

From The Woman's Bible by Elizabeth Cady Stanton

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