barbarity

n., pl., -ties.

1. Savage brutality or cruelty in actions or conduct.
2. A cruel or savage act.
3. Usage Problem. Crudity; coarseness. See Usage Note at barbarism.

noun

A cruel act or an instance of cruel behavior: bestiality, brutality, cruelty, inhumanity, savagery, truculence, truculency. See attitude/good attitude/bad attitude/neutral attitude, kind/cruel.

n

Definition: crudity, savagery
Antonyms: kindness

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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: the quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane
  Synonyms: atrocity, atrociousness, barbarousness, heinousness

Meaning #2: a brutal barbarous savage act
  Synonyms: brutality, barbarism, savagery

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - barbari

Nederlands (Dutch)
wreedheid

Français (French)
n. - barbarie, cruauté, inhumanité

Deutsch (German)
n. - Grausamkeit

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - βαρβαρότητα, αγριότητα

Italiano (Italian)
crudeltà

Português (Portuguese)
n. - brutalidade (f), falta (f) de gosto, barbaridade (f)

Русский (Russian)
бесчеловечность, жестокость

Español (Spanish)
n. - barbaridad, brutalidad, atrocidad

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - grymhet, omänsklighet

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
残暴的行为, 粗鄙, 残忍

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 殘暴的行為, 粗鄙, 殘忍

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 잔학, 만행, 난잡

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 野蛮, 残酷, 粗野, 残忍, 非道

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) قساوة, وحشيه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮ברבריות‬

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