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Definition of Barbarity
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Barbarity
The state or manner of a barbarian; lack of civilization. Cruelty; ferociousness; inhumanity. A barbarous or cruel act. Barbarism; impurity of speech. Related Definitions:
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Barbarity Quotations
Although lynchings have steadily increased in number and barbarity during the last twenty years, there has been no single effort put forth by the many moral and philanthropic forces of the country to put a stop to this wholesale slaughter. Ida B. Wells If the people raise a great howl against my barbarity and cruelty, I will answer that war is war, and not popularity seeking. William Tecumseh Sherman It is noteworthy that the first effect of contact with the whites was an increase of cruelty and barbarity, an intensifying of the dark shadows in the picture! Charles Eastman Everything, everything in war is barbaric... But the worst barbarity of war is that it forces men collectively to commit acts against which individually they would revolt with their whole being. Ellen Key The only hope is that our civilization will collapse at a certain point, as always happens in history. Then, out of barbarity, a renaissance. Pierre Schaeffer |
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Barbarity Translations
barbarity in German is Unmenschlichkeit barbarity in Latin is atrocitas barbarity in Swedish is grymhet |
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