Synonyms for barbarity
bɑrˈbær ɪ tibar·bar·i·ty

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1. barbarity

   Synonyms:
   brutality, churlishness, greediness, harshness, ill-will, illiberality, inhumanity, malevolence, malignity, niggardliness, self-seeking, selfishness, stinginess, unkindness

   Antonyms:
   almsgiving, beneficence, benevolence, benignity, bounty, charity, generosity, good-will, humanity, kind-heartedness, kindliness, kindness, liberality, munificence, philanthropy, sympathy, unselfishness

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1. atrocity, atrociousness, barbarity, barbarousness, heinousnessnoun

   the quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane

   Synonyms:
   atrocity, atrociousness, barbarousness, barbarism, brutality, inhumanity, heinousness, savagery

2. brutality, barbarity, barbarism, savagerynoun

   a brutal barbarous savage act

   Synonyms:
   atrocity, atrociousness, barbarousness, savageness, viciousness, barbarism, brutality, heinousness, savagery, ferociousness

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1. • Inhumaneness

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1. barbaritynoun

   Synonyms:
   cruelty, savageness, brutality, brutishness, ferociousness, ferocity, inhumanity, truculence, hardness of heart, manners of a barbarian

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1. barbaritynoun

   Synonyms:
   barbarism, barbarousness, inhumanity, brutality

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1. List of paraphrases for "barbarity":

   barbarism, barbaric, barbarous, savagery, cruelty, brutality, inhumanity, atrocity

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How to use barbarity in a sentence?

1. President Obama:

   It's just one more indication of the viciousness and barbarity of this organization, and I think it will redouble the vigilance and determination on the part of the global coalition to make sure that they are degraded and ultimately defeated.

2. Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa:

   When there is a difference of 18 percent on average between the salary of men and women, disparity in political positions, and when there is barbarity such as gender violence, it's a sign that there is still much to do in the fight for women's rights.

3. President Barack Obama:

   This barbarity only stiffens our resolve to meet this challenge.

4. Richard Hughes:

   Do your bit to save humanity from lapsing back into barbarity by reading all the novels you can.

5. Oumar Fomba:

   I feel bruised by this atrocious act, which cannot be justified. No nation, no human life deserves such criminal barbarity, i urge the Malian government to fight more fiercely against terrorism.