as in cruelty
disposition to willfully inflict pain and suffering on others
more than one reluctant dental patient has been tempted to level the charge of barbarity against their dentist
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Recent Examples of barbarity
Although lynchings have steadily increased in number and barbarity during the last twenty years, there has been no single effort put forth by the many moral and philanthropic forces of the country to put a stop to this wholesale slaughter.
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Liz Tracey, JSTOR Daily, 21 Feb. 2025
The massacre was celebrated in Western capitals, with protests erupting in support of Hamas’s barbarity.
—William C. Daroff, Sun Sentinel, 11 Dec. 2024
The Illusion of Destiny Why is the world racked by barbarity and violence?
—Foreign Affairs, 8 Oct. 2024
In the face of tragedy and crisis and inequality and barbarity, artists make work.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
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Liz Tracey, JSTOR Daily, 21 Feb. 2025
The massacre was celebrated in Western capitals, with protests erupting in support of Hamas’s barbarity.
—William C. Daroff, Sun Sentinel, 11 Dec. 2024
The Illusion of Destiny Why is the world racked by barbarity and violence?
—Foreign Affairs, 8 Oct. 2024
In the face of tragedy and crisis and inequality and barbarity, artists make work.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for barbarity
Noun
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Currently there are no comprehensive animal cruelty laws in China, which experts say has created a culture of impunity among cat torturers.—
Rebecca Wright,
CNN Money,
30 May 2025
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That's why the spectacular cruelty with which the cuts were carried out tanked Musk's personal brand and triggered Trump's inexorable decline in approval.—
Newsweek Staff,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 May 2025
Noun
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But the picture’s cartoonish brutality is cathartic.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
6 June 2025
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Failing to silence his work through restrictions and brutality, the Iranian regime appears to have been resigned to simply ignoring Panahi.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
30 May 2025
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“Barbarity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/barbarity. Accessed 12 Jun. 2025.
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