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  • 51cruelty — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. brutality, barbarity, sadism, savageness, unkindness, inhumanity, barbarism, mercilessness, barbarousness, unmercifulness, wickedness, ruthlessness, severity, malignity, malice, rancor, venom, coldness, unfeelingness,… …

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  • 52barbarous — [ bα:b(ə)rəs] adjective 1》 exceedingly brutal. 2》 primitive; uncivilized. Derivatives barbarously adverb barbarousness noun …

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  • 53barbarity — n. Cruelty, savageness, barbarousness, brutality, brutishness, ferociousness, ferocity, inhumanity, truculence, hardness of heart, manners of a barbarian …

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  • 54rudeness — n. 1. Roughness, ruggedness, unevenness. 2. Artlessness, inelegance. 3. Ignorance, uncouthness, barbarousness, clownishness. 4. Coarseness, incivility, impoliteness, insolence, impertinence, pertness, sauciness, surliness, gruffness, churlishness …

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  • 55savageness — n. 1. Barbarism. 2. Cruelty, barbarousness, ferocity, barbarity …

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  • 56barbarity — noun the barbarity of slavery Syn: brutality, brutalism, cruelty, bestiality, barbarism, barbarousness, savagery, viciousness, wickedness, villainy, baseness, inhumanity; atrocity Ant: benevolence …

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  • 57cruelty — noun he treated her with cruelty Syn: brutality, savagery, inhumanity, barbarity, barbarousness, brutishness, sadism, bloodthirstiness, viciousness, wickedness; lack of compassion, callousness, ruthlessness …

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  • 58barbarity — *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… …

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  • 59civilization — civilization, culture are comparable when meaning the particular state or stage of advancement in which a race, a people, a nation, a specific class, or an integrated group of these finds itself at a given period. Civilization always implies a… …

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  • 60cruelty — n 1. barbarity, barbarousness, viciousness, ruthlessness, ferocity, fierceness, savagery, trucu lence; brutality, brutishness, inhumanity; murderousness, bloodthirstiness, cold bloodedness; harshness, severity, grimness; sadism, masochism;… …

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