Bar‐bar″i‐ty (�), n.; pl.Barbarities (�). [From Barbarous.] 1. The state or manner of a barbarian; lack of civilization.
2. Cruelty; ferociousness; inhumanity.
Treating Christians with a barbarity which would have shocked the very Moslem. Macaulay.
3. A barbarous or cruel act.
4. Barbarism; impurity of speech. Swift.