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Definition of Barbarity
1. Noun. The quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane.
Generic synonyms: Inhumaneness, Inhumanity
Derivative terms: Atrocious, Atrocious, Barbarous, Heinous
2. Noun. A brutal barbarous savage act.
Generic synonyms: Atrocity, Inhumanity
Derivative terms: Barbaric, Savage
Definition of Barbarity
1. n. The state or manner of a barbarian; lack of civilization.
Definition of Barbarity
1. Noun. The state of being barbarous; brutality ¹
2. Noun. A barbaric act ¹
3. Noun. crudity ¹
4. Noun. A crude act ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Barbarity
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Barbarity
Literary usage of Barbarity
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Narrative, of a Five Years' Expedition, Against the Revolted Negroes of by John Gabriel Stedman (1813)
"This monster of a woman had before drowned a negro infant merely for crying, as
I have said ; nay, she was accused of still greater barbarity, were greater ..."
2. American Book Prices Current (1921)
"Narrative of the Sufferings of Massy Harbison from Indian barbarity. Pittsburgh,
1828. 16mo. Bds., H., Mar. 31, '20. (498) $37.50. ..."
3. Ireland Past and Present by Augustus J. Thébaud, John Habberton (1878)
"their barbarity is kept to this day. We add a few, only to justify our necessarily
severe language : " Rev. Donatus O'Riedy, of Connaught, and parish priest ..."
4. A Brief for the Trial of Criminal Cases by Austin Abbott, William Constantine Beecher (1902)
"barbarity. The barbarity of a crime should not alone be considered evidence of
insanity.1 'United States v. Lee, 4 Mackey, 489, 54 Am. Rep. 293. ..."
5. A Library of American Literature from the Earliest Settlement to the Present by Arthur Stedman, Edmund Clarence Stedman (1894)
"A CASE OP CIVILIZED barbarity. [Life of Joseph Brant. 1838.] BEING pressed by
hunger at Sandusky, a considerable number of the Moravian Indians, ..."
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