barbarity

Etymology

noun

  1. (uncountable) The state of being barbarous; brutality
  2. (countable) A barbaric act
    As regards barbarities committed by the Japanese army since our war of resistance, the fall of Nanking in December 1937 is a case in point. Over 200,000 civilians were massacred within one week. 1942 [February 21, 1942], Kai-shek Chiang, “One half of the world's people”, in All We Are and All We Have, New York: Chinese News Service, →OCLC, page 11
  3. (uncountable) crudity
  4. (countable) A crude act

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