Synonyms for barbarity
Most common
brutality savagery barbarism inhumanity atrocity barbarousness
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Barbarism
barbarism, brutality, savagery, inhumanity, cruelty, ferocity, vandalism, truculence, ferociousness, brutishness
2. Atrocity
Definitions
- n. 1
The state of being barbarous; brutality
- n. 2
A barbaric act
Forms
- Plural
- barbarities → barbarisms, brutalities, savageries, inhumanities…
Example sentences
- brutality Mennad has never seen any atrocities or brutality.
- savagery I don't tolerate savagery, much less in a country that claims to be democratic.
- barbarism This is a fight between civilization and barbarism.
- inhumanity God's inhumanity to man makes countless thousands mourn.
- atrocity It is hard to believe that humans are capable of such atrocity.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| barbarity | rising | |
| brutality | rising | |
| savagery | rising | |
| barbarism | steady | |
| inhumanity | steady | |
| atrocity | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 7 letters
- cruelty2
- 8 letters
- atrocity4, savagery4, ferocity4
- 9 letters
- brutality4, vandalism4, barbarism4
- 10 letters
- inhumanity5, truculence
- 11 letters
- brutishness, heinousness
- 13 letters
- ferociousness, barbarousness, atrociousness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (cruelty2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- barbarie
- Italiano
- barbarie
- Español
- barbaridad
- Deutsch
- Barbarei