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."