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barbarities

[bahr-bar-i-tee]

noun, plural bar·bar·i·ties.

1.

brutal or inhuman conduct; cruelty.

2.

an act or instance of cruelty or inhumanity.

3.

crudity of style, taste, expression, etc.

Origin:
1560–70; < Latin barbar(us) (see barbarous) + -ity

Can be confused: barbarism, barbarity.

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