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Antonyms for barbarity

Grammar : Noun
Spell : bahr-bar-i-tee
Phonetic Transcription : bɑrˈbær ɪ ti

Definition of barbarity

Origin :
  • 1560s, "want of civilization," from Latin barbarus (see barbarian) + -ity. Meaning "savage cruelty" is recorded from 1680s.
  • noun crudity, savagery
Example sentences :
  • Their plan exhibits the barbarity of the age and the sensuality of the king.
  • Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. I » by Francis Augustus Cox
  • It would do more than anything to put an end to that barbarity.
  • Extract from : « Questionable Shapes » by William Dean Howells
  • He had now an opportunity to display his infamy and barbarity.
  • Extract from : « Memoirs of the Court of St. Cloud, Complete » by Lewis Goldsmith
  • Their very children are not exempted from these acts of barbarity.
  • Extract from : « Perils and Captivity » by Charlotte-Adlade [ne Picard] Dard
  • But, unhappily, these deeds of barbarity were not left to the vengeance of the law.
  • Extract from : « The History of Tasmania , Volume II (of 2) » by John West
  • This 242was the man who would reform a nation sinking into barbarity.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes » by Samuel Johnson
  • The tories appeared to vie with and even to surpass the savages in barbarity.
  • Extract from : « Reminiscences of the Military Life and Sufferings of Col. Timothy Bigelow, Commander of the Fifteenth Regiment of the Massachusetts Line in the Continental Army, during the War of the Revolution » by Charles Hersey
  • Diceto makes this barbarity a part of the sentence passed on the Germans.
  • Extract from : « One Snowy Night » by Emily Sarah Holt
  • It is probable that each side matched the other in barbarity.
  • Extract from : « Washington and his Comrades in Arms » by George Wrong
  • It is only a few years since the Russians emerged from a state of barbarity.
  • Extract from : « Sketches of the Fair Sex, in All Parts of the World » by Anonymous

Synonyms for barbarity

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