barbarie

Definitions of barbarie
  1. noun
    the trait of extreme cruelty
    synonyms: agressivité, bestialité, cruauté, sauvagerie
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    type of:
    agressivité, bestialité, cruauté, dureté
    the quality of being cruel and causing tension or annoyance
  2. noun
    a brutal barbarous savage act
    synonyms: barbarisme
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    type of:
    atrocité
    an act of atrocious cruelty
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