What does savagery mean?
Savagery means (uncountable) Savage or brutal behaviour; barbarity..
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/ˈsæv.ɪd͡ʒ.ɹɪ/ · noun
(uncountable) Savage or brutal behaviour; barbarity..
“For some reason the women have not reverted to savagery so rapidly as the men.”
They spring out of an element of diffused homosexuality which is at least as marked in civilization as it is in savagery.
[…] they […] made, amongst other features, lead ponds. With their departure these lands once more reverted to savagery; gardening, along with virtually all aspects of culture, disappeared and with it the man-made water gardens.
Use savagery when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Savagery means (uncountable) Savage or brutal behaviour; barbarity..
Common synonyms include brutality, barbarity, barbarism, viciousness.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
“For some reason the women have not reverted to savagery so rapidly as the men.”
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