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/bɑrbˈærəti/ /bɑrbˈɛrəti/ Listen

noun

Barbarity n. (pl. barbarities)

The state or manner of a barbarian; lack of civilization.

Cruelty; ferociousness; inhumanity. "Treating Christians with a barbarity which would have shocked the very Moslem."

A barbarous or cruel act.

Barbarism; impurity of speech. (Obs.)

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Etymology of 'Barbarity'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... a contribution for the use of their teeth, worn with doing them the honour of devouring their meat. This is literally and exactly true, however extravagant it may seem; and such is the natural corruption of a military government, their religion not allowing of this barbarity, ...

— Letters of the Right Honourable Lady M--y W--y M--e • Lady Mary Wortley Montague

... that could had been done to cause their captive to be regarded as a menace to human safety, and to be forgotten altogether; but how futile to attempt such a task while the world of civilisation is swayed by human instinct and not by barbarity! ...

— The Tragedy of St. Helena • Walter Runciman

... few years ago the wile of Muchtar Pacha complained to his father of his son's supposed infidelity: he asked with whom, and she had the barbarity to give in a list of the twelve handsomest women in Yanina. They were seized, fastened up in sacks, and drowned in the lake the same night. One of the guards who was present informed me, that not one of the victims uttered a cry, or showed a symptom of terror at so sudden a "wrench ...

— The Works of Lord Byron, Volume 6 • Lord Byron

... honestly believe that a great many of the reported outrages in the South Sea and other savage islands are due more to a temporary misunderstanding between blacks and whites than to any cold-blooded barbarity or love of bloodshed on the ...

— The Last Voyage - to India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam' • Lady (Annie Allnutt) Brassey

... influenced by those evil spirits, whom St. Paul mentions as the powers of the air. In a word, while the good missionary had all faith in the final conversion and restoration of these children of the forests, he did not overlook the facts of their present barbarity, and great propensity to scalp. He was not quite as efficient as Gershom, at this novel employment, but a certain inborn zeal rendered him both active and useful. As for the Indians, neither of them deigned to touch a tool. Pigeonswing had little opportunity for so doing, indeed, being usually, ...

— Oak Openings • James Fenimore Cooper

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