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savagery definition

sav·agery (-rē)

noun pl. savageries -·ries

  1. the condition of being savage, or wild, primitive, uncultivated, etc.
  2. savage act, behavior, or disposition; barbarity

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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