barbarity
noun
bar·bar·i·ty
bär-ˈber-ə-tē 
-ˈba-rə-
plural barbarities
1
2
a
: barbarous cruelty : inhumanity
b
: an act or instance of such cruelty
Examples of barbarity in a Sentence
The barbarity of the attack was horrifying.
The photos vividly capture the war's barbarity.
He is accused of inflicting unimaginable barbarities on his own people.
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Netanyahu is the excuse for staying silent about Israeli barbarity in Palestine.
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Uriel Kon
september 2, Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2025
The vast majority of us see that as an act of cultural barbarity.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 15 Aug. 2025
The new episodes have all the flaws of the misguided Season 2, including that the show's core anticapitalist message has been swept aside in favor of more action set pieces and ceaseless barbarity.
—Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 28 June 2025
As in Squid Game, dystopian drama often plays on the barbarity of entertainment, impossible promises of curing human weakness, and finds salvation in our best qualities: solidarity, compassion, and unity.
—Rory Doherty, Time, 27 June 2025
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Uriel Kon
september 2, Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2025
The vast majority of us see that as an act of cultural barbarity.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 15 Aug. 2025
The new episodes have all the flaws of the misguided Season 2, including that the show's core anticapitalist message has been swept aside in favor of more action set pieces and ceaseless barbarity.
—Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 28 June 2025
As in Squid Game, dystopian drama often plays on the barbarity of entertainment, impossible promises of curing human weakness, and finds salvation in our best qualities: solidarity, compassion, and unity.
—Rory Doherty, Time, 27 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for barbarity
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“Barbarity.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/barbarity. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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