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Barbarity
Pronunciation : Bar*bar"i*ty
Part of Speech : n.;
Etymology : [From Barbarous.]
Definition : Defn: The state or manner of a barbarian; lack of civilization.
2. Cruelty; ferociousness; inhumanity. Treating Christians with a barbarity which would have shocked the very Moslem. Macaulay.
3. A barbarous or cruel act.
4. Barbarism; impurity of speech. [Obs.] Swift.
pl. Barbarities.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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