Barbarity

Definitions: Barbarity

Barbarity

Noun

1. The quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane.

2. A brutal barbarous savage act.

Date "barbarity" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1517. (references)

Note: Barbarity \Bar*bar"i*ty\, noun; plural Barbarities. [From Barbarous.]. (Websters 1913)

Synonyms: Barbarity

Synonyms: atrociousness (n), atrocity (n), barbarism (n), barbarousness (n), brutality (n), heinousness (n), savagery (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Discourtesy	Disrespect; procacity, impudence: barbarism, barbarity; misbehavior, brutality, blackguardism, conduct unbecoming a gentleman, grossieret_, brusquerie; vulgarity,.
Malevolence	Hardness of heart, heart of stone, obduracy; cruelty; cruelness; Adjective: brutality, savagery; ferity, ferocity; barbarity, inhumanity, immanity, truculence, ruffianism; evil eye, cloven foot; torture, vivisection.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Barbarity

English words defined with "barbarity": Barbarities ♦ cannibalic ♦ Fellness ♦ Immanity. (references)

Specialty definitions using "barbarity": Wexford Bridge Massacre. (references)

Domain	Title
Books	A Narrative of the Sufferings of Massy: From Indian barbarity, giving an account of her captivity, the murder of her two children, her escape with an infant at her breast. (American Biography Series) (reference) A Silken Barbarity (Harlequin Presents, No 1006) (reference) Civilization & Barbarity in 20th Century Europe (reference) Divisive Barbarity or Global Civilization? The Ethical Dimensions of Science,Art,Religion,and Politics (reference) Manche and Peten: The Hazards of Itza Deceit and Barbarity (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
James Monroe	1817-1825	Men who thus connect themselves with savage communities and stimulate them to war, which is always attended on their part with acts of barbarity the most shocking, deserve to be viewed in a worse light than the savages.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Barbarity" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Barbarity" is used about 34 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	34	59,261

Language		Translations for "barbarity"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Afrikaan		barbaarsheid (barbarousness). (various references)

Albanian		brutalitet (bestiality, brutality), barbari (heathenism), vrazhdësi (abruptness, asperity, brutality, clownery, crudity, harshness, incivility, roughness, rudeness, rusticity, truculence). (various references)

Arabic		‏همجية (savagery, wildness), ‏وحشية (atrocity, brutality, butch, cannibalism, cruelty, devilry, feretory, ferocity, fierceness, inhumanity, ruffianism, savagery, shyness, thuggery, truculence), ‏عمل وحشي (brutality, inhumanity), ‏بربرية (inhumanity). (various references)

Bulgarian		грубост (asperity, broadness, callosity, crudity, curtness, foulness, harshness, incivility, indelicacy, roughness, rudeness, toughness, truculence), варварство (barbarism, heathenism, savagery, vandalism), жестокост (brutality, cannibalism, cruelty, excess, ferocity, fierceness, inhumanity, toughness, truculence). (various references)

Chinese		野蛮 (Barbarian, Barbaric, Barbarities, Barbarous, savage). (various references)

Czech		barbarství (barbarism). (various references)

Dutch		barbaarsheid (barbarousness), barbaarse daad, onmenselýkheid (barbarousness), onmenselýke daad. (various references)

Esperanto		barbareco (barbarousness), barbaraĵo. (various references)

French		barbarie (barbarousness, Barbary). (various references)

German		Unmenschlichkeit (brutality, inhumanness). (various references)

Greek		βαρβαρότητα. (various references)

Hebrew		פראות (ferity, ferocity, fierceness, savagery, truculence, wildness), �"תאכזרות (cruel treatment), ברבריות (barbarism, savagery, vandalism). (various references)

Hungarian		vadság (ferocity, fierceness, gothicism, rampageousness, rampancy, rowdyism, ruffianism, savageness, savagery, severity, truculence, wildness), kegyetlenség (atrocity, barbarism, brutality, cruelty, ferocity, inhumanity, savageness, savagery), barbárság (gothicism, heathenism, inhumanity, savagery). (various references)

Italian		barbarie (barbarism, barbarities, barbarousness). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		蛮行 (act of barbarity, barbarism, brutality). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		ば�"�"う (act of barbarity, barbarism, brutality, many people). (various references)

Manx		neuvyghinid (relentlessness, ruthlessness), neughooinallys (inhumanity), dewilys (cruelty, inclemency, severity), dewilid (cruelty, inclemency, severity), barbaraght (cruelty, inhumanity, philistinism, ruthlessness). (various references)

Pig Latin		arbaritybay.(various references)

Portuguese		barbaridade (barbarousness, inhumanity, ruffianism, savagery). (various references)

Romanian		barbarie (barbarism, barbarousness, cruelty, gothicism, vandalism), sãlbãticie (atrocity, brutality, cruelty, ferocity, fierceness, primitiveness, ruggedness, savageness, savagery, truculence, wildness, wilds), grosolãnie (broadness, coarseness, crassitude, gothicism, gruffness, hoggishness, indecorum, indelicacy, rankness, roughness, rudeness, scurrility, uncouthness), cruzime (brutality, callosity, cruelty, excess, feliness, fierceness, inhumanity, savagery). (various references)

Russian		варварство (barbarism, heathenism, savageness, vandalism). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		varvarstvo, divljaštvo (barbarism, savagery, truculence). (various references)

Spanish		barbarie (barbarism, inhumanity), barbaridad (lot), crueldad (bloodiness, brutality, cruelty, devilry, inhumanity, savageness, savagery, viciousness, vicissitude, violence, wickedness). (various references)

Swedish		grymhet (atrocity, bestiality, cruelty, ferocity, savagery). (various references)

Thai		อนารยธรรม (barbarism). (various references)

Turkish		barbarlık (barbarism, gothicism, heathenism, savageness, vandalism), medeniyetsizlik, kabalık (abruptness, asperity, barbarism, boorishness, brusqueness, coarseness, crassness, crudeness, crudity, discourtesy, disrespect, earthiness, gall, gothicism, gruffness, harshness, impolite behaviour, impoliteness, incivility, indelicacy, inelegance, loutishness, rankness, roughness, rudeness, rusticity, shortness, vulgarism, vulgarity), gaddarlık (atrocity, brutality, cruelty, ferocity, fiendishness, grimness, inhumanity, perfidy, savageness, truculence). (various references)

Ukranian		грубість (abruptness, asperity, barbarism, broadness, brutality, callousness, clumsiness, coarseness, crudity, harshness, roughness, rusticity, shagginess, truculence), варварство (barbarism, heathenism, savageness), несмак (vapidity), нелюдяність (inhumanity), звірства, жорстокість (asperity, atrocity, brutality, cruelty, ferociousness, ferocity, harshness, savagery, severity). (various references)

Vietnamese		tính chất dã man, h� nh động dã man sự thô tục. (various references)

Welsh		barbareiddiwch, barbareidd-dra, anwareidd-dra. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	atrocitas. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Misspellings
	"Barbarity" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: barbari, Barbarito, Berberati, Kabariti. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "barbarity" (pronounced bÄrba"rutē)
5	-a" r u t ē	dissimilarity, particularity.
4	-r u t ē	alacrity, austerity, authority, celebrity, charity, clarity, dexterity, disparity, familiarity, hilarity, immaturity, impurity, inferiority, insecurity, insularity, integrity, irregularity, majority, maturity, mediocrity, minority, obscurity, parity, peculiarity, polarity, popularity, posterity, priority, prosperity, purity, rarity, regularity, security, seniority, severity, similarity, sincerity, solidarity, sorority, superiority, supermajority, surety, temerity, unfamiliarity, unpopularity, Verity, vulgarity.
3	-u t ē	ability, abnormality, absurdity, acceptability, accessibility, accountability, acidity, activity, actuality, acuity, adaptability, admissibility, adversity, advisability, affinity, affordability, aggressivity, agility, alkalinity, ambiguity, amenity, amiability, amity, analyticity, animosity, annuity, anonymity, antiquity, anxiety, applicability, atrocity, audacity, authenticity, availability, banality, believability, bestiality, biodiversity, bisexuality, brevity, brutality, calamity, capability, capacity, captivity, causality, cavity, centrality, chastity, civility, collegiality, commodity, commonality, community, comparability, compatibility, complexity, complicity, comprehensibility, conditionality, conductivity, confidentiality, conformity, congeniality, congruity, connectivity, constitutionality, continuity, convertibility, creativity, credibility, credulity, criminality, criticality, crotchety, culpability, curiosity, cyclicality, debility, deductibility, deformity, deity, deniability, density, dependability, depravity, deputy, desirability, dignity, dimensionality, disability, discontinuity, disunity, diversity, divinity, docility, domesticity, duality, ductility, duplicity, durability, eccentricity, elasticity, electability, electricity, eligibility, enforceability, enmity, enormity, entity, equality, equanimity, equity, eternity, ethnicity, eventuality, exclusivity, expressivity, extraterritoriality, extremity, facility, fallibility, falsity, fatality, feasibility, Felicity, femininity, ferocity, fertility, festivity, fidelity, finality, flammability, flexibility, fluidity, formality, fragility, fraternity, frivolity, frugality, functionality, futility, generality, generosity, geniality, gentility, gratuity, gravity, gullibility, heredity, heterogeneity, heterosexuality, homogeneity, homosexuality, hospitality, hostility, humanity, humidity, humility, hyperactivity, hypersensitivity, identity, illegality, illiquidity, immobility, immorality, immortality, immunity, impartiality, impersonality, impossibility, impropriety, impunity, inability, inaccessibility, inactivity, incapacity, incivility, incompatibility, incongruity, incredulity, indemnity, indestructibility, indignity, individuality, inequality, inequity, inevitability, infallibility, infertility, infidelity, infinity, infirmity, inflexibility, informality, ingenuity, inhumanity, insanity, insensitivity, instability, instrumentality, intensity, invincibility, invisibility, invulnerability, irrationality, irresponsibility, irritability, laity, laxity, legality, legibility, lethality, levity, liability, liberality, liquidity, lividity, locality, longevity, malleability, maneuverability, marketability, masculinity, materiality, maternity, mendacity, mentality, miscibility, mobility, modality, modernity, monstrosity, morality, morbidity, mortality, motility, multiplicity, municipality, musicality, mutuality, nationality, nativity, necessity, negativity, neutrality, nobility, Nonconformity, nonentity, nonutility, normality, notoriety, nudity, obesity, objectivity, obscenity, oddity, opacity, opportunity, originality, overcapacity, oversensitivity, palatability, partiality, passivity, paternity, paucity, permeability, perpetuity, perplexity, personality, perversity, piety, plausibility, plurality, polity, pomposity, portability, possibility, practicality, predictability, principality, probability, probity, proclivity, productivity, profanity, profitability, progressivity, promiscuity, propensity, proportionality, propriety, proximity, publicity, punctuality, quality, quantity, radioactivity, rapidity, rationality, reactivity, readability, reality, receptivity, reciprocity, reflexivity, relativity, reliability, religiosity, respectability, responsibility, retroactivity, rickety, rigidity, salinity, sanctity, sanity, scarcity, seasonality, selectivity, senility, sensibility, sensitivity, sensuality, sentimentality, serendipity, serenity, sexuality, simplicity, sobriety, society, solemnity, solidity, speciality, specificity, spirituality, spontaneity, stability, sterility, stupidity, subjectivity, suitability, superconductivity, superfluidity, survivability, susceptibility, sustainability, technicality, tenacity, theatricality, timidity, tonality, totality, toxicity, tranquility, transferability, Trinity, triviality, turbidity, ubiquity, unanimity, unavailability, uniformity, unity, universality, university, unpredictability, unreality, unreliability, uppity, utility, validity, vanity, variability, variety, varsity, velocity, velvety, venality, veracity, versatility, viability, vicinity, virginity, virility, virtuosity, viscosity, visibility, vitality, volatility, voracity, vulnerability.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-b-b-i-r-r-t-y"
	-1 letter: rabbitry.
	-2 letters: rabbity.
	-3 letters: baryta, briary, rabbit, rarity.
	-4 letters: array, atria, briar, rabat, rabbi, riata, ribby, tabby, tarry, tiara.
	-5 letters: abba, abri, airt, airy, aria, arty, baba, baby, bait, barb, birr, brat, bray, brit, raia, raya, tray, yirr.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-b-b-i-r-r-t-y"
	+4 letters: rebarbatively.
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