Meaning
barbarity, savagery
- uncivilized state, brutality, or cruelty opposed to civilization and humanity
In a sentence
La guerra fa regredire l'umanità verso la barbarie.
War causes humanity to regress into barbarism.
Gli storici descrivono le barbarie commesse durante quell'assedio feroce.
Historians describe the barbarities committed during that fierce siege.
Nessuna civiltà è immune dal rischio di sprofondare nella barbarie.
No civilisation is immune to the risk of sinking into barbarism.
Word forms (3)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| barbarie | feminine · singular |
| barbarie | feminine · plural |
| barbarie | feminine · plural |
Usage notes
- Invariable feminine noun ending in -ie; singular and plural forms are identical ('la barbarie', 'le barbarie').