Savagism

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This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The state of being savage; wildness; lack of civilization.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The state of being savage; the state of rude, uncivilized men, or of men in their native wildness and rudeness.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Savagery; utter barbarism.
  • n. Savage races or tribes collectively.
  • Word Usage
    "Even though imperialists made references to Afro-Americans and to Chinese, they concentrated on Indians because of the clear parallels in land dispossession based on a dichotomy between savagism and civilization."