barbarity
noun /bɑːˈbærəti/
/bɑːrˈbærəti/
[uncountable, countable] (plural barbarities)
- behaviour that deliberately causes extreme physical or mental pain or difficulty to others
- The barbarity of the old regime was eventually exposed.
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Latin barbarus from Greek barbaros ‘foreign’ + -ity.