English noun: barbarity | |||
| 1. | barbarity (attribute) the quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane | ||
| Synonyms | atrociousness, atrocity, barbarousness, heinousness | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | inhumaneness, inhumanity | ||
| 2. | barbarity (act) a brutal barbarous savage act | ||
| Synonyms | barbarism, brutality, savagery | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | atrocity, inhumanity | ||