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BARBAROUSNESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does barbarousness mean?
• BARBAROUSNESS (noun)
The noun BARBAROUSNESS has 1 sense:
1. the quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane
Familiarity information: BARBAROUSNESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
atrociousness; atrocity; barbarity; barbarousness; heinousness
Hypernyms ("barbarousness" is a kind of...):
inhumaneness; inhumanity (the quality of lacking compassion or consideration for others)
Derivation:
barbarous ((of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering)
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