2. Cruelty; ferociousness; inhumanity.
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Treating Christians with a barbarity which would
have shocked the very Moslem. --Macaulay.
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3. A barbarous or cruel act.
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4. Barbarism; impurity of speech. [Obs.] --Swift. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
Barbarity — Жанр дэт метал Годы c 2002 года Страна … Википедия
barbarity — index atrocity, bestiality, brutality, cruelty Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
barbarity — 1560s, want of civilization, from L. barbarus (see BARBARIAN (Cf. barbarian)) + ITY (Cf. ity). Meaning savage cruelty is recorded from 1680s … Etymology dictionary
barbarity — *barbarism Analogous words: barbarousness, savagery, ferociousness or ferocity, cruelty, inhumanity (see corresponding adjectives at FIERCE) Antonyms: humaneness Contrasted words: gentleness, mildness, smoothness, lenity or leniency (see… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
barbarity — [n] crudity, savagery boorishness, brutality, crudeness, cruelty, inhumanity, ruthlessness, savageness, viciousness, vulgarity; concept 633 Ant. kindness … New thesaurus
barbarity — [bär ber′ə tē] n. pl. barbarities 1. cruel or brutal behavior; inhumanity 2. a cruel or brutal act 3. a crude or coarse taste, manner, form, etc … English World dictionary
barbarity — [[t]bɑː(r)bæ̱rɪti[/t]] barbarities N VAR (disapproval) If you refer to someone s behaviour as barbarity, you strongly disapprove of it because you think that it is extremely cruel. Rebellions were put down with appalling barbarity. ...the… … English dictionary
barbarity — barbarism, barbarity Barbarism has the widest scope of reference, being applied to matters of taste as well as human behaviour, and it has a special meaning in relation to language (see barbarisms). Barbarity (and occasionally barbarousness,… … Modern English usage
barbarity — [bɑː bærɪtɪ] display barbarity unmitigated utter barbarity outright to demonstrate … Combinatory dictionary
barbarity — bar|bar|i|ty [ba:ˈbærıti US ba:r ] n plural barbarities [U and C] a very cruel act ▪ the medieval barbarity of putting people in prison for debt … Dictionary of contemporary English
