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Princeton's WordNet

  1. atrocity, atrociousness, barbarity, barbarousness, heinousnessnoun

    the quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane

Wiktionary

  1. barbarousnessnoun

    The state or quality of being barbarous.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Barbarousnessnoun

    Etymology: from barbarous.

    Excellencies of musick and poetry are grown to be little more, but the one fiddling, and the other rhiming; and are indeed very worthy of the ignorance of the friar, and the barbarousness of the Goths. William Temple.

    It is also much degenerated and impaired, as touching the pureness of speech; being overgrown with barbarousness. Edward Brerewood, on Languages.

    The barbarousness of the trial, and the persuasives of the clergy, prevailed to antiquate it. Matthew Hale, Common Law of Engl.

Wikipedia

  1. barbarousness

    A barbarian, or savage, is someone who is perceived to be either uncivilized or primitive. The designation is usually applied as a generalization based on a popular stereotype; barbarians can be members of any nation judged by some to be less civilized or orderly (such as a tribal society) but may also be part of a certain "primitive" cultural group (such as nomads) or social class (such as bandits) both within and outside one's own nation. Alternatively, they may instead be admired and romanticised as noble savages. In idiomatic or figurative usage, a "barbarian" may also be an individual reference to a brutal, cruel, warlike, and insensitive person.The term originates from the Greek: βάρβαρος (barbaros pl. βάρβαροι barbaroi). In Ancient Greece, the Greeks used the term not only towards those who did not speak Greek and follow classical Greek customs, but also towards Greek populations on the fringe of the Greek world with peculiar dialects. In Ancient Rome, the Romans adapted and used the term towards tribal non-Romans such as the Berbers, Germanics, Celts, Iberians, Thracians, Illyrians, and Sarmatians. In the early modern period and sometimes later, the Byzantine Greeks used it for the Turks in a clearly pejorative manner. In Ancient China, references to barbarians go back as far as the Shang Dynasty and the Spring and Autumn Annals. "Lands beyond moral influence" (Chinese: 化外之地; pinyin: Huà wài zhī dì) or areas outside of range of the Emperor were generally labeled as "Barbarians" or uncivilized through the lens of Sinocentrism.

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  1. barbarousness

    Barbarousness refers to the act or nature of being savagely or excessively cruel, extremely brutal, harsh, or inhumane. It can also mean lack of civilization, refinement, or culture.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Barbarousnessnoun

    the quality or state of being barbarous; barbarity; barbarism

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of barbarousness in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of barbarousness in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1


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