savagery
(noun)
noun
1. 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
Similar word(s): savageness
Definition categories: attribute, ferocity, fierceness, furiousness, fury, vehemence, violence, wildness
2. the trait of extreme cruelty
Similar word(s): brutality, ferociousness, viciousness
Definition categories: attribute, cruelness, cruelty, harshness
3. a brutal barbarous savage act
Similar word(s): barbarism, barbarity, brutality
Definition categories: act, atrocity, inhumanity