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Barbarity
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: noun (n.)
1. The state or manner of a barbarian; lack of civilization.
2. Cruelty; ferociousness; inhumanity. Treating Christians with a barbarity which would have shocked the very Moslem. Macaulay.
3. A barbarous or cruel act.
4. Barbarism; impurity of speech. [Obs.] Swift.