savagery Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the property of being untamed and ferocious
    savageness.
    • 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
  2. noun the trait of extreme cruelty
    viciousness; ferociousness; brutality.
  3. noun a brutal barbarous savage act
    barbarism; brutality; barbarity.

WordNet

Sav"age*ry noun
Etymology
F. sauvagerie.
Definitions
  1. The state of being savage; savageness; savagism.
    A like work of primeval savagery. C. Kingsley.
  2. An act of cruelty; barbarity.
    The wildest savagery, the vilest stroke, That ever wall-eyed wrath or staring rage Presented to the tears of soft remorse. Shak.
  3. Wild growth, as of plants. Shak.

Webster 1913