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savagery
sav·age·ry S0105200 (săv′ĭj-rē)n. pl. sav·age·ries 1. The quality or condition of being savage.2. An act of violent cruelty.3. Savage behavior or nature; barbarity.savagery (ˈsævɪdʒrɪ) n, pl -ries1. an uncivilized condition2. a savage act or nature3. savages collectivelysav•age•ry (ˈsæv ɪdʒ ri)
n., pl. -ries. 1. an uncivilized or barbaric state; savage condition; barbarity. 2. savage disposition or behavior. Savagery savage beasts or savage people, collectively; wild vegetation, 1599.Example: the savagery that roamed in that great forest, 1867.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  savagery - the property of being untamed and ferocious; "the coastline is littered with testaments to the savageness of the waters"; "a craving for barbaric splendor, for savagery and color and the throb of drums"savagenessferocity, fierceness, furiousness, vehemence, violence, wildness, fury - the property of being wild or turbulent; "the storm's violence" | | 2. | savagery - the trait of extreme crueltybrutality, ferociousness, viciousnesscruelness, cruelty, harshness - the quality of being cruel and causing tension or annoyance | | 3. |  savagery - a brutal barbarous savage act barbarism, barbarity, brutalityatrocity, inhumanity - an act of atrocious cruelty |
savagerynoun cruelty, brutality, ferocity, ruthlessness, sadism, inhumanity, barbarity, viciousness, bestiality, fierceness, bloodthirstiness the sheer savagery of warsavagerynounA cruel act or an instance of cruel behavior:barbarity, bestiality, brutality, cruelty, inhumanity, truculence, truculency.Translationssavage (ˈsӕvidʒ) adjective1. uncivilized. savage tribes. 原始的，野蠻的 原始的，野蛮的 2. fierce and cruel. The elephant can be quite savage; bitter and savage remarks. 殘暴的，兇猛的 残酷的，凶猛的 verb to attack. He was savaged by wild animals. 攻擊 （凶猛地）攻击，乱咬 noun1. a person in an uncivilized state. tribes of savages. 野蠻人 野蛮人2. a person who behaves in a cruel, uncivilized way. I hope the police catch the savages who attacked the old lady. 粗魯野蠻的人 粗鲁野蛮的人ˈsavagely adverb 野蠻地 粗鲁地ˈsavageness noun 野蠻 粗鲁ˈsavagery noun 野蠻，殘暴 野蛮，野性 savagery
savagery one of the stages of development identified in early theories of SOCIAL EVOLUTION. MONTESQUIEU proposed that the three main stages of social development were: - hunting or savagery;
- herding or BARBARISM; and
- CIVILIZATION.
The concept gained currency in the 19th-century through the distinction made between simple/primitive and complex/ modern societies in EVOLUTIONARY THEORY. The term was inevitably pejorative, since evolutionary theory saw social development as also involving a ‘civilizing’ process. Thus 'savagery’ was meant to convey a condition of brutal backwardness, the very opposite of the civilized manners, morals, intellect and taste of Europe's privileged classes. Apart from its pejorative connotation, it was also inaccurate. Simple societies were not 'savage’ in the way in which Europeans understood the term. The concept had its political uses in an age of expanding colonialism, but its adequacy as a description of non-European preindustrial societies could hardly survive events such as the 1914-18 war. Savagery (1) A term used in European science to designate the first stage of man’s history, followed by barbarism, and then by civilization. The term “savagery” was first used in this meaning by the British philosopher A. Ferguson (1767). L. H. Morgan used the term to designate the first period in his periodization of primitive society, beginning with the initial appearance of man and concluding with the origin of pottery-making. Morgan’s periodization was reproduced by F. Engels in his work The Origin of the Family, Private Property, and the State. However, as Engels foresaw, with the accumulation of new data from ethnology and archaeology, Morgan’s scheme became partially obsolete. In the periodization accepted by present-day ethnology, the period of savagery corresponds to the time of the emergence of man and the early tribal system (Paleolithic and Mesolithic periods in terms of archaeological periodization). (2) In ordinary usage, an extreme degree of uncouthness. SavageryApache Indiansonce fierce fighting tribe of American West. [Am. Hist.: NCE, 123]bandersnatchimaginary wild animal of great ferocity. [Br. Lit.: “Jabberwocky” in Through the Looking-Glass]berserkersancient Norse warriors; assumed attributes of bears in battle. [Norse Myth.: Leach, 137]Comanche Indianswarlike tribe of American West. [Am. Hist.: NCE, 607]Crommyonian sowravager of the Corinthian countryside. [Gk. Myth.: Benét, 237]Erymanthian boarravaged Arcadian countryside until capture by Hercules. [Gk. Myth.: Jobes, 523]HunsMongolian invaders of western Europe until 453. [Eur. Hist.: Espy, 167]Maguaa renegade Huron who scalps white men. [Am. Lit.: The Pathfinder, Magill I, 715–717]mares of Diomedeslived on human flesh; their capture was Hercules’ eighth labor. [Gk. and Rom. Myth.: Hall, 149]Taras Bulbasavage yet strangely devoted Cossack leader. [Russ. Lit.: Tarns Bulba, Walsh Modern, 77]Tartars13th-century rapacious hordes of Genghis Khan. [Medieval Hist.: Brewer Dictionary, 1064]tigeraims at annihilating mankind. [Animal Symbolism: Mercatante, 55]Vandals5th-century sackers of Rome and its art. [Ital. Hist.: Espy, 168]MedicalSeeSavagesavagery
Synonyms for savagerynoun crueltySynonyms- cruelty
- brutality
- ferocity
- ruthlessness
- sadism
- inhumanity
- barbarity
- viciousness
- bestiality
- fierceness
- bloodthirstiness
Synonyms for savagerynoun a cruel act or an instance of cruel behaviorSynonyms- barbarity
- bestiality
- brutality
- cruelty
- inhumanity
- truculence
- truculency
Synonyms for savagerynoun the property of being untamed and ferociousSynonymsRelated Words- ferocity
- fierceness
- furiousness
- vehemence
- violence
- wildness
- fury
noun the trait of extreme crueltySynonyms- brutality
- ferociousness
- viciousness
Related Words- cruelness
- cruelty
- harshness
noun a brutal barbarous savage actSynonyms- barbarism
- barbarity
- brutality
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