savagery

Etymology

noun

1. (uncountable) Savage or brutal behaviour; barbarity.
2. (countable) A violent act of cruelty.
3. Savages collectively; the world of savages.
   They spring out of an element of diffused homosexuality which is at least as marked in civilization as it is in savagery. 1927, Havelock Ellis, Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 (of 6)
4. (uncountable) Wild growth of plants.
   […] they […] made, amongst other features, lead ponds. With their departure these lands once more reverted to savagery; gardening, along with virtually all aspects of culture, disappeared and with it the man-made water gardens. 1990, Brian Leverett, Water Gardens: Step-By-Step to Success, page 9