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barbarity (encz) | barbarity,barbarství n: Zdeněk Brož |
Barbarity (gcide) | Barbarity \Bar*bar"i*ty\, n.; pl. Barbarities. [From
Barbarous.]
1. The state or manner of a barbarian; lack of civilization.
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2. Cruelty; ferociousness; inhumanity.
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Treating Christians with a barbarity which would
have shocked the very Moslem. --Macaulay.
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3. A barbarous or cruel act.
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4. Barbarism; impurity of speech. [Obs.] --Swift.
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barbarity (wn) | barbarity
n 1: the quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane [syn:
atrocity, atrociousness, barbarity, barbarousness,
heinousness]
2: a brutal barbarous savage act [syn: brutality, barbarity,
barbarism, savagery] |
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Barbarity (gcide) | Barbarity \Bar*bar"i*ty\, n.; pl. Barbarities. [From
Barbarous.]
1. The state or manner of a barbarian; lack of civilization.
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2. Cruelty; ferociousness; inhumanity.
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Treating Christians with a barbarity which would
have shocked the very Moslem. --Macaulay.
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3. A barbarous or cruel act.
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4. Barbarism; impurity of speech. [Obs.] --Swift.
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