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barbarity

/bɑː(ɹ)ˈbæɹɪti/

barbarity noun: the state of being barbarous; brutality.

Noun

barbarity (countable and uncountable, plural barbarities)

  1. (uncountable) The state of being barbarous; brutality
  2. (countable) A barbaric act
    • As regards barbarities committed by the Japanese army since our war of resistance, the fall of Nanking in December 1937 is a case in point. Over 200,000 civilians were massacred within one week.1942 [1942 February 21], Chiang Kai-shek, “One half of the world's people”, in All We Are and All We Have, New York: Chinese News Service, →OCLC, page 11
  3. (uncountable) crudity
  4. (countable) A crude act

barbarity meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

barbarity in Hindi

state of being barbarous
बर्बरता barbartā, क्रूरता krūrtā

barbarity in Tamil

நாகரினமற்ற நிலை, கொடுமை, கொடுஞ்செயல், ஆட்டுழியம், பகட்டுச்சுவை கேடு, காட்டுமிராண்டித்தனம்

barbarity in Urdu

جہالت, وحشت

barbarity in Bengali

অত্যন্ত নৃশংস, বর্বর আচরণ
More languagesFewer languages
barbarity in Malayalam
അജ്ഞത
barbarity in Persian
وحشیگری

Forms of barbarity

pluralbarbarities

Questions about barbarity

What does barbarity mean?
Barbarity means the state of being barbarous; brutality.
What is barbarity in Hindi?
Barbarity in Hindi is बर्बरता (barbartā), क्रूरता (krūrtā). See Barbarity meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is barbarity?
Barbarity is a noun.
How do you pronounce barbarity?
Barbarity is pronounced /bɑː(ɹ)ˈbæɹɪti/.
What is the plural of barbarity?
The plural of barbarity is barbarities.

Words near barbarity in the dictionary

  1. barbarises
  2. barbarising
  3. barbarism
  4. barbarisms
  5. barbarities
  6. barbarity
  7. barbarization
  8. barbarizations
  9. barbarize
  10. barbarized
  11. barbarizes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: barbarity (page history and authors); barbarity (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); barbarity (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); barbarity (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); barbarity (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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