bärˈbarəd.ē, bȧˈb-, -ətē, -i also -ˈber- noun
( -es )
Etymology: Latin barbar us + English -ity
1. : barbarism
liberties … which were now threatened by the rising tide of barbarity — Walter Lippmann
many American writers fled to exile … in disgust at the barbarity of their homeland — Horace Sutton
a barbarity which deserves the ridicule which we bestow upon the rites of savages — Virginia Woolf
2.
a. : barbarous cruelty : inhumanity
to mitigate the barbarity of the criminal law — W.R.Inge
b. : an act or instance of barbarous cruelty : atrocity
there were few inhuman barbarities aside from the custom of scalping — American Guide Series: Maine