another name for savagery (sense 1), savagery (sense 2)
savagery in British English
(ˈsævɪdʒrɪ)
nounWord forms: plural-ries
1.
an uncivilized condition
2.
a savage act or nature
3.
savages collectively
savagism in American English
(ˈsævəˌdʒɪzəm)
noun
barbarism; savagery
Word origin
[1790–1800; savage + -ism]This word is first recorded in the period 1790–1800. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: cutout, idealism, ideology, modular, silhouette-ism is a suffix appearing in loanwords from Greek, where it was used to form action nounsfrom verbs (baptism). On this model, -ism is used as a productive suffix in the formation of nouns denoting action or practice,state or condition, principles, doctrines, a usage or characteristic, devotion oradherence, etc. (criticism; barbarism; Darwinism; despotism; plagiarism; realism; witticism; intellectualism)