savagery
pronunciation
How to pronounce savagery in British English:
UK [ˈsævɪdʒri]
How to pronounce savagery in American English:
US [ˈsævɪdʒri]
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- Noun:
- the trait of extreme cruelty
- a brutal barbarous savage act
Word Origin
- savagery (n.)
- 1590s; see savage (adj.) + -ry.
Example
- 1. Naturally these societies degenerate into savagery .
- 2. Such personal savagery helped maintain a kind of discipline among his troops .
- 3. Sixty years after it was founded , on a colonial system unrivalled in its savagery , the african giant was thriving on slaughter elsewhere .
- 4. But the financial crisis seems to have confirmed all the most deeply rooted french prejudices about the savagery of markets , and the need for the civilising influence of the state .
- 5. This duplicity helped keep the west sufficiently interested in the myth of " engaging the elite " -- because of course engaging the people would mean courting savagery .