Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun savagery

3 senses of savagery

Sense 1
savageness, savagery -- (the property of being untamed and ferocious; "the coastline is littered with testaments to the savageness of the waters"; "a craving for barbaric splendor, for savagery and color and the throb of drums")
       => ferocity, fierceness, furiousness, fury, vehemence, violence, wildness -- (the property of being wild or turbulent; "the storm's violence")

Sense 2
ferociousness, brutality, viciousness, savagery -- (the trait of extreme cruelty)
       => cruelty, cruelness, harshness -- (the quality of being cruel and causing tension or annoyance)

Sense 3
brutality, barbarity, barbarism, savagery -- (a brutal barbarous savage act)
       => atrocity, inhumanity -- (an act of atrocious cruelty)