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SAVAGENESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The property of being untamed and ferocious
Example:
a craving for barbaric splendor, for savagery and color and the throb of drums
Synonyms:
savageness; savagery
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("savageness" is a kind of...):
ferocity; fierceness; furiousness; fury; vehemence; violence; wildness (the property of being wild or turbulent)
Derivation:
savage (without civilizing influences)
savage ((of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering)
savage (wild and menacing)
savage (marked by extreme and violent energy)
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