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Princeton's WordNet

  1. savageness, savagerynoun

    the property of being untamed and ferocious

    "the coastline is littered with testaments to the savageness of the waters"; "a craving for barbaric splendor, for savagery and color and the throb of drums"

Wiktionary

  1. savagenessnoun

    The property of being savage or behaving savagely.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Savagenessnoun

    Barbarousness; cruelty; wildness.

    Etymology: from savage.

    A savageness in unreclaimed blood
    Of general assault. William Shakespeare, Hamlet.

    Wolves, and bears, they say,
    Casting their savageness aside, have done
    Like offices of pity. William Shakespeare, Winter’s Tale.

    The Cyclops were a people of Sicily, remarkable for savageness and cruelty. , Notes on the Odyssey.

ChatGPT

  1. savageness

    Savageness refers to the quality or condition of being forceful, fierce, violent, uncontrolled, or uncivilized. It is typically associated with brutal, crude, or primal behavior which lacks the limitations or refinement of civilization.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Savagenessnoun

    the state or quality of being savage

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of savageness in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of savageness in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4


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