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savagery

/ˈsæv.ɪd͡ʒ.ɹɪ/

savagery noun: savage or brutal behaviour; barbarity.

Noun

savagery (countable and uncountable, plural savageries)

  1. (uncountable) Savage or brutal behaviour; barbarity.
    • “For some reason the women have not reverted to savagery so rapidly as the men.”1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 172
  2. (countable) A violent act of cruelty.
  3. Savages collectively; the world of savages.
    • They spring out of an element of diffused homosexuality which is at least as marked in civilization as it is in savagery.1927, Havelock Ellis, Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 (of 6)
  4. (uncountable) Wild growth of plants.
    • […] they […] made, amongst other features, lead ponds. With their departure these lands once more reverted to savagery; gardening, along with virtually all aspects of culture, disappeared and with it the man-made water gardens.1990, Brian Leverett, Water Gardens: Step-By-Step to Success, page 9

savagery meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

savagery in Hindi

being savage — see also savageness
बर्बरता barbartā, क्रूरता krūrtā

savagery in Tamil

savagery, wildness
வெறி veṟi

savagery in Urdu

وحشیانہ پن

savagery in Bengali

বর্বরতা, নৃশংসতা
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savagery in Kannada
ಕ್ರೌರ್ಯ, ಕಾಡುತನ, ಅನಾಗರಿಕತೆ

Examples of savagery in a sentence

  • The degenerationists hold that savagery is the result of degeneration from a superior state.
  • In this world-war nations fell to the lowest level of savagery.
  • The annals of savagery and superstition unhappily compose a large part of human literature.

All 11 example sentences with savagery

Forms of savagery

pluralsavageries

Origin of savagery

From savage + -ry.

Words formed from savagery

Questions about savagery

What does savagery mean?
Savagery means savage or brutal behaviour; barbarity.
What is savagery in Hindi?
Savagery in Hindi is बर्बरता (barbartā), क्रूरता (krūrtā). See Savagery meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is savagery?
Savagery is a noun.
How do you pronounce savagery?
Savagery is pronounced /ˈsæv.ɪd͡ʒ.ɹɪ/.
What is the plural of savagery?
The plural of savagery is savageries.

Words near savagery in the dictionary

  1. savagenesses
  2. savager
  3. savageries
  4. savagerous
  5. savagers
  6. savagery
  7. savages
  8. savagess
  9. savagesses
  10. savagest
  11. savaging

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Adapted from Wiktionary: savagery (page history and authors); வெறி (Tamil) (page history and authors); savagery (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); savagery (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); savagery (Kannada 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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