barbarity
pronunciation
How to pronounce barbarity in British English:
UK [bɑ:ˈbærəti]
How to pronounce barbarity in American English:
US [bɑrˈbærəti]
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- Noun:
- the quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane
- a brutal barbarous savage act
Word Origin
- barbarity (n.)
- 1560s, "want of civilization," from Latin barbarus (see barbarian) + -ity. Meaning "savage cruelty" is recorded from 1680s.
Example
- 1. How is killing innocent civilians indiscriminately different from the barbarity suffered by muslims in history ?
- 2. Sugar was planted , cut and refined in conditions of appalling barbarity in the british-governed west indies .
- 3. He told al-jazeera that russia should apologise for supporting assad , then unequivocally condemn his barbarity and press him to resign .