barbarousness
Uncivilized cruel nature
Barbarousness is the quality of being barbarous—savage, cruel, or uncivilized.
The word emphasizes brutality or a lack of refinement: the barbarousness of the attack, the barbarousness of their treatment of prisoners.
It overlaps with barbarity but sounds slightly more formal or archaic.
Extreme, violent cruelty
- brutalitySavage, merciless behavior
- ferocityExtreme violent intensity
- inhumanityExtreme cruelty toward others
- viciousnessExtreme cruelty or spite
mercilessness · ruthlessness · atrocity · violence · bloodthirstiness · sadism · heartlessness · pitilessness
Lacking social graces
- unculturedLacking refinement or education
- backwardnessState of being undeveloped
- crudenessLack of sophistication
- coarsenessRough or vulgar quality
roughness · wildness · unrefined · unsophisticated · rawness · rudeness · boorishness · vulgarity
Grammatical or social blunder
- incorrectnessState of being wrong
- ungrammaticalBreaking syntax rules
- corruptionDishonest abuse of power
- bastardizationCorrupting something's original form
degradation · impurity · nonstandard · impropriety · vernacular · slang · colloquialism · illiteracy
savagery
Extreme, violent cruelty
- brutalitySavage, merciless behavior
- ferocityExtreme violent intensity
- inhumanityExtreme cruelty toward others
viciousness · mercilessness · ruthlessness · atrocity · violence · bloodthirstiness · sadism · heartlessness · pitilessness · monstrousness
uncivilized
Lacking social graces
- unculturedLacking refinement or education
- backwardnessState of being undeveloped
- crudenessLack of sophistication
coarseness · roughness · wildness · unrefined · unsophisticated · rawness · rudeness · boorishness · vulgarity · uncouthness
solecism
Grammatical or social blunder
- incorrectnessState of being wrong
- ungrammaticalBreaking syntax rules
- corruptionDishonest abuse of power
bastardization · degradation · impurity · nonstandard · impropriety · vernacular · slang · colloquialism · illiteracy · mispronunciation
barbarousnesshumaneness
Benevolent, merciful disposition
compassion · mercy · humanity · gentleness · kindness
barbarousnesscivilization
Advanced organized human society
civility · refinement · sophistication · cultivation · culture
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