barbarity

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɑː(ɹ)ˈbæɹɪti/

Noun

barbarity (countable and uncountable, plural barbarities)

1. (uncountable) The state of being barbarous; brutality
2. (countable) A barbaric act
   • 1942 [1942 February 21], Kai-shek Chiang, “One half of the world's people”, in All We Are and All We Have‎^[1], New York: Chinese News Service, →OCLC, page 11:

     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.

3. (uncountable) crudity
4. (countable) A crude act

Translations

state of being barbarous

• Dutch: barbarij (nl) f, barbaarsheid (nl) f
• Finnish: raakuus (fi), julmuus (fi), barbaarisuus (fi), barbaria (fi)
• French: barbarie (fr) f
• German: Barbarei (de) f
• Irish: ainchríostúlacht f, barbarthacht f, danarthacht f
• Persian: وحشیگری (fa)
• Polish: barbarzyństwo (pl) n
• Portuguese: barbaridade (pt) f, barbárie f
• Russian: ва́рварство (ru) m (várvarstvo)