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Religion is the last refuge of human savagery.
Alfred North Whitehead

Meaning of "savagery" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SAVAGERY

savagery  [ˈsævɪdʒrɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SAVAGERY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Savagery is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SAVAGERY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of savagery in the English dictionary

The first definition of savagery in the dictionary is an uncivilized condition. Other definition of savagery is a savage act or nature. Savagery is also savages collectively.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SAVAGERY


imagery
ˈɪmɪdʒrɪ
villagery
ˈvɪlɪdʒrɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SAVAGERY

sav
Sava
savable
savableness
savage
Savage Island
savagedom
savagely
savageness
savageries
savagism
Savaii
savanna
Savannah
savant
savante
savarin
savate
save
save as you earn

WORDS THAT END LIKE SAVAGERY

buggery
cosmetic surgery
cryosurgery
dental surgery
elective surgery
forgery
gingery
heart surgery
laser surgery
neurosurgery
open-heart surgery
orthopaedic surgery
orthopedic surgery
piggery
plastic surgery
reconstructive surgery
skulduggery
stagery
surgery
thuggery

Synonyms and antonyms of savagery in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «SAVAGERY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «savagery» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of savagery

Translation of «savagery» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SAVAGERY

Find out the translation of savagery to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of savagery from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «savagery» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

暴行
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

salvajismo
570 millions of speakers

English

savagery
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बर्बरता
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الوحشية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

дикость
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

selvageria
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বর্বরতার
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

sauvagerie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Keburukan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Brutalität
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

蛮行
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

만행
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Savagery
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tính dả man
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மூர்க்ககுணம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

जंगलीपणा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

vahşet
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ferocia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

dzikość
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

дикість
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

sălbăticie
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αγριότητα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

barbaarsheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

savagery
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

villskap
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of savagery

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SAVAGERY»

The term «savagery» is regularly used and occupies the 80.575 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SAVAGERY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «savagery» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «savagery» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about savagery

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8 QUOTES WITH «SAVAGERY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word savagery.
1
James Henry Breasted
There was an age, however, when the transition from savagery to civilization, with all its impressive outward manifestations in art and architecture, took place for the first time.
2
William Kingdon Clifford
The danger to society is not merely that it should believe wrong things, though that is great enough; but that it should become credulous, and lose the habit of testing things and inquiring into them; for then it must sink back into savagery.
3
Denholm Elliott
The English may love gardening and fishing, but they have never struck me as being close to nature. Their way of expression is 'the hollyhocks are awfully good' sort of thing, all done in very good taste. The savagery of nature is something they don't dwell upon.
4
Annie Lennox
Humankind seems to have an enormous capacity for savagery, for brutality, for lack of empathy, for lack of compassion.
5
Karl Rove
Conservatives saw the savagery of 9/11 in the attacks and prepared for war; liberals saw the savagery of the 9/11 attacks and wanted to prepare indictments and offer therapy and understanding for our attackers.
6
Lawrence Taylor
Taking them out of the picture, so to speak, what football really is, the savagery, the core root of football, it doesn't change. It really puts the real in football.
7
Alfred North Whitehead
Religion is the last refuge of human savagery.
8
Don Winslow
There are various kinds of savagery: emotional, spiritual, economic, and cultural savagery.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SAVAGERY»

Discover the use of savagery in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to savagery and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
A Civilised Savagery: Britain and the New Slaveries in ...
In the two decades before World War One, Great Britain witnessed the largest revival of anti-slavery protest since the legendary age of emancipation in the mid-nineteenth century.
Kevin Grant, 2014
2
Tropics of Savagery: The Culture of Japanese Empire in ...
"Robert Tierney's "Tropics of Savagery" presents a most incisive and provocative account of Japanese colonial discourse. Tierney pursues a deeper understanding of Japan's imperialism through rich and powerful narratives and analysis.
Robert Thomas Tierney, 2010
3
The First Frontier: The Forgotten History of Struggle, ...
Advance praise for "The First Frontier" "Excitement abounds in Scott Weidensaul's detailed history of the first clashes between European settlers and Native Americans on the East Coast.
Scott Weidensaul, 2012
4
Utmost Savagery: The Three Days of Tarawa
And six-thousand combatants would die. Now, Col. Joseph Alexander, a combat Marine himself, presents the full story of Tarawa in all its horror and glory: the extreme risks, the horrific combat, and the heroic breakthroughs.
Joseph Alexander, 2014
5
Civility and Savagery: Social Identity in Tai States
The text examines the changing historical discourses of social differentiation and distinction in one of the most ethnically and politically complex regions of the world, issues covered include cultural pluralism, nationalism and ethnic ...
Andrew Turton, 2012
6
The Burke-Wollstonecraft Debate: Savagery, Civilization, and ...
Many modern conservatives and feminists trace the roots of their ideologies, respectively, to Edmund Burke (1729-1797) and Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797).
Daniel I. O'Neill, 2007
7
Savagery of The Mountain Man
Santa Clara, Colorado, is 24 hours by train from the land where Smoke Jensen found peace and prosperity on his Sugarloaf Ranch.
William W. Johnstone, 2009
8
In Praise of Savagery
One man’s journey in the footsteps of a great explorer into the heart of Africa.
Warwick Cairns, 2010
9
Savagery and Colonialism in the Indian Ocean: Power, ...
This book examines savagery and the savage as dynamic components of colonialism in South Asia.
Satadru Sen, 2009
10
Exile to Paradise: Savagery and Civilization in Paris and ...
This is the strange story of how, following the failure of the revolutionary Paris Commune in 1871, some 4,500 Communards were exiled to the South Pacific colony of New Caledonia.
Alice Bullard, Allen D. Boyer, 2000

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SAVAGERY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term savagery is used in the context of the following news items.
1
On the management and expansion of savagery
Scholar Will McCant translates the book's title as "The Management of Savagery." It declares the rulers of every Muslim nation to be apostates and thus liable for ... «Christian Science Monitor, Jul 15»
2
Senior UN official condemns savagery in Syria
The United Nations humanitarian chief has painted a disturbing picture of savagery in Syria and urged the Security Council to take collective action to put an end ... «SBS, May 15»
3
Victims of Chicago police savagery hope reparations fund is 'beacon …
A protester demonstrates in front of a line of police officers in solidarity with protests over the Baltimore death of Freddie Gray, in Chicago. Photograph: Jim ... «The Guardian, May 15»
4
ISIS: Managers of Savagery
The IS practices a doctrine expounded in a text called Management of Savagery by a jihadi ideologue with the nom de guerre Abu Bakr Naji. It prescribes a form ... «In These Times, Mar 15»
5
The Strategy of Savagery: Explaining the Islamic State
The rhetoric of politicians and commentators when confronted with such outrages defaults to a few well-worn phrases: barbarity, savagery and medieval brutality ... «War on the Rocks, Feb 15»
6
Isis has reached new depths of depravity. But there is a brutal logic …
So in the Middle East, the savagery of the murder has raised the question: why is Isis so cruel? The question was first raised during the early weeks of Isis's ... «The Guardian, Feb 15»
7
Ancient Savagery, and How It Worked
As blood sports go, the Super Bowl has nothing on the Colosseum and its events. Built near Nero's onetime pleasure palace by the emperor Vespasian as a ... «New York Times, Feb 15»
8
Makkah imam flays IS savagery
Shaikh Saud Al-Shuraim, imam and khateeb at Makkah's Grand Mosque, criticized the savagery faced by captured pilot Maaz Al-Kasaasbeh at the hands of the ... «Arab News, Feb 15»
9
Rep. Peter King to Newsmax: Pilot's Torching by ISIS Is 'Savagery'
To go beyond that, to burning someone alive, this is savagery. "It shows what animals we are up against," King added. "These are not people you can negotiate ... «Newsmax.com, Feb 15»
10
A dose of reality about race and savages
It appears that you need a history lesson about savagery in this country. It was "savage" white people who think like you who looted black churches, burned ... «Progress Index, Dec 14»

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