-j(ə)rē, -ri noun
( -es )
Etymology: savage (I) + -ry
1.
a. : the quality of being savage : savage disposition or action
this outburst of savagery that was to prove his undoing — Harold Helfer
the savagery of her methods of warfare — Times Literary Supplement
b. : an act of cruelty or violence
during the savageries of the blitz — Christopher Morley
2. : the state or condition of being uncivilized
it is only somewhere between savagery and civilization that love is born — J.W.Krutch
3. : wildness
the splendor of the seascape, the savagery of the mountains — Claudia Cassidy