Synonyms for savagery
ˈsæv ɪdʒ risav·a·ge·ry

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1. savagery

   Synonyms:
   barbarism, boorishness, brutality, clownishness, coarseness, grossness, rudeness, rusticity, vulgarity

   Antonyms:
   civilization, cultivation, culture, elegance, politeness, refinement

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1. savageness, savagerynoun

   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"

   Synonyms:
   barbarity, brutality, barbarism, savageness, viciousness, ferociousness

2. ferociousness, brutality, viciousness, savagerynoun

   the trait of extreme cruelty

   Synonyms:
   barbarity, brutality, barbarism, savageness, viciousness, ferociousness

3. brutality, barbarity, barbarism, savagerynoun

   a brutal barbarous savage act

   Synonyms:
   atrocity, atrociousness, barbarousness, savageness, viciousness, barbarism, brutality, heinousness, barbarity, ferociousness

Matched Categories

1. • Cruelty
   • Ferocity

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1. List of paraphrases for "savagery":

   barbarity, barbarism, brutality, savage, barbaric, cruelty, barbarous

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How to use savagery in a sentence?

1. Mariana Fulger:

   Where education is lacking, there is savagery, there is a lot of naivety.

2. Tom Williamson:

   We can mark a day on the calendar where America has fallen to a new low. This is now the condoning of taking matters, and the law, into you own hands and going to any lengths - even jungle savagery.

3. Serge Lecomte:

   It is cruel savagery of a kind we have rarely seen before, is it a cult? Cruelty towards animals is the precursor to cruelty towards humans.

4. Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott:

   He knew that the place where MH17 came to rest was sacred and that a piece of it should come back to Australia, it was a humane and decent thing for him to know and do. It was a contrast to the savagery that brought down the plane.

5. Charles Krauthammer:

   [Obama last night] said if you talk about the Muslims in a bad way, that's a recruiter for ISIS. Guantanamo was a recruiter for ISIS. When the fact is the cruelty and the savagery.... is the recruiter for ISIS, [The president] locates the origin of all that recruiting in what we do, and he thinks therefore, the cue is for us to do as little as possible. It’s an insane strategic view of the world, but he actually holds it.