[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

barbarity \barbar"ity\, n.; pl. barbarities. from
   barbarous.
   1. the state or manner of a barbarian; lack of civilization.
      1913 webster

   2. cruelty; ferociousness; inhumanity.
      1913 webster

            treating christians with a barbarity which would
            have shocked the very moslem.         --macaulay.
      1913 webster

   3. a barbarous or cruel act.
      1913 webster

   4. barbarism; impurity of speech. obs. --swift.
      1913 webster
see also:
barbarities barbarous 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

barbarity
     n 1: the quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane syn: atrocity,
           atrociousness, barbarousness, heinousness
     2: a brutal barbarous savage act syn: brutality, barbarism,
         savagery
see also:
atrocity atrociousness barbarousness heinousness brutality barbarism 
savagery 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

73 moby thesaurus words for "barbarity":
   gothicism, neanderthalism, acuteness, animality, atrociousness,
   atrocity, barbarism, barbarousness, beastliness, bestiality,
   bloodiness, bloodlust, bloodthirst, bloodthirstiness,
   bloody-mindedness, brutality, brutalness, brutishness, cannibalism,
   cruelness, cruelty, destructiveness, extremity, ferociousness,
   ferocity, fiendishness, fierceness, force, furiousness, harshness,
   heartlessness, ill breeding, impetuosity, impoliteness, incivility,
   inclemency, inhumaneness, inhumanity, intensity, malignity,
   mercilessness, mindlessness, murderousness, philistinism,
   pitilessness, rigor, roughness, ruthlessness, sadism,
   sadistic cruelty, sanguineousness, savagery, savagism, severity,
   sharpness, terrorism, troglodytism, truculence, uncivilizedness,
   uncouthness, uncultivatedness, uncultivation, unculturedness,
   ungentleness, unrefinement, vandalism, vehemence, venom,
   viciousness, violence, virulence, wanton cruelty, wildness

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