savagery
noun
[ ˈsavɪdʒ(ə)ri ]
• the quality of being fierce or cruel.
• "a crime of the utmost savagery"
Similar:
brutality,
ferocity,
fierceness,
violence,
viciousness,
cruelty,
sadism,
barbarity,
barbarousness,
murderousness,
bloodthirstiness,
brutishness,
mercilessness,
ruthlessness,
pitilessness,
inhumanity,
heartlessness,
ferity,
• (chiefly in historical or literary contexts) the condition of being primitive or uncivilized.
• "without adult society, the children descend into savagery"
