savagery

Meanings

Plural: savageries

Noun

• the property of being untamed and ferocious
  • "a craving for barbaric splendor, for savagery and color and the throb of drums"
• the trait of extreme cruelty
• a brutal barbarous savage act
• Savage or brutal behaviour; barbarity.
• A violent act of cruelty.
• Savages collectively; the world of savages.
• Wild growth of plants.

Synonyms

barbarism, barbarity, brutality, ferociousness, savageness, viciousness