savagery /ˈsæv.ɪd͡ʒ.ɹɪ/ noun4 •Savage or brutal behaviour; barbarity.“For some reason the women have not reverted to savagery so rapidly as the men.” — 1913 •A violent act of cruelty. •Savages collectively; the world of savages.They spring out of an element of diffused homosexuality which is at least as marked in civilization as it is in savagery. — 1927 •Wild growth of plants. formssavageries