"barbarity" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /bɑː(ɹ)ˈbæɹɪti/ Forms: barbarities [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} barbarity (countable and uncountable, plural barbarities)
  1. (uncountable) The state of being barbarous; brutality Tags: uncountable Translations (state of being barbarous): barbarij [feminine] (Dutch), barbaarsheid [feminine] (Dutch), raakuus (Finnish), julmuus (Finnish), barbaarisuus (Finnish), barbaria (Finnish), barbarie [feminine] (French), Barbarei [feminine] (German), ainchríostúlacht [feminine] (Irish), barbarthacht [feminine] (Irish), danarthacht [feminine] (Irish), وحشیگری (Persian), barbarzyństwo [neuter] (Polish), barbaridade [feminine] (Portuguese), barbárie [feminine] (Portuguese), ва́рварство (várvarstvo) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-barbarity-en-noun-bRPtVTBy Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 67 30 1 2 Disambiguation of 'state of being barbarous': 93 5 1 1
  2. (countable) A barbaric act Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-barbarity-en-noun-PBDwPMnc
  3. (uncountable) crudity Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-barbarity-en-noun-K6y9R1eu
  4. (countable) A crude act Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-barbarity-en-noun-I0XtgA6S

Inflected forms

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