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salvajismo

savagery

noun sahl-bah-HEES-moh Rare

Also means

brutality

Usage Note

Salvajismo denotes extreme brutality or uncivilized behavior, typically used in moral or political condemnation (un acto de puro salvajismo, an act of pure savagery). The root adjective is salvaje (wild, savage). It is stronger and more literary than brutalidad, which is its closest everyday synonym.

Examples

"Condenaron el salvajismo del ataque."

Natural Translation

They condemned the savagery of the attack.

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