Barbarity

Bar·bar·i·ty

Barbarity

n.

pl. Barbarities

  1. The state or manner of a barbarian; lack of civilization.
  2. Cruelty; ferociousness; inhumanity.
    Treating Christians with a barbarity which would have shocked the very Moslem.
  3. A barbarous or cruel act.
  4. Barbarism; impurity of speech. [Obs.]