Noun: savagery sa-vij-ree
- The trait of extreme cruelty
"The savagery of the attack left the victims traumatized";
- ferociousness, brutality, viciousness
- A barbarous, cruel, or savage act
"the people slowly progressed from savagery to civilization";
- brutality, barbarity, barbarism
- The property of being untamed and ferocious
"a craving for barbaric splendour, for savagery and colour and the throb of drums";
- savageness
Derived forms: savageries
Type of: atrocity, cruelness, cruelty, ferocity, fierceness, furiousness, fury, harshness, inhumanity, vehemence, vehemency, violence, wildness
Encyclopedia: Savagery