savagery

CEFRC1

/ˈsæv.ɪd͡ʒ.ɹɪ/

noun

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Examples

I don't tolerate savagery, much less in a country that claims to be democratic.
“For some reason the women have not reverted to savagery so rapidly as the men.”

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

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In context

They spring out of an element of diffused homosexuality which is at least as marked in civilization as it is in savagery.
[…] they […] made, amongst other features, lead ponds. With their departure these lands once more reverted to savagery; gardening, along with virtually all aspects of culture, disappeared and with it the man-made water gardens.

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“For some reason the women have not reverted to savagery so rapidly as the men.”
1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 172
They spring out of an element of diffused homosexuality which is at least as marked in civilization as it is in savagery.
1927, Havelock Ellis, Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 (of 6)
[…] they […] made, amongst other features, lead ponds. With their departure these lands once more reverted to savagery; gardening, along with virtually all aspects of culture, disappeared and with it the man-made water gardens.
1990, Brian Leverett, Water Gardens: Step-By-Step to Success, page 9

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From savage + -ry.