1. (n.) The state of being savage; savageness; savagism.

2. (n.) An act of cruelty; barbarity.

3. (n.) Wild growth, as of plants.

Gothicism Neanderthalism acuteness age of ignorance animality atrociousness atrocity barbarism barbarity barbarousness beastliness benightedness benightment bestiality bloodiness bloodlust bloodthirst bloodthirstiness bloody-mindedness brutality brutalness brutishness cannibalism cruelness cruelty dark dark age darkness destructiveness extremity ferociousness ferocity fiendishness fierceness force furiousness harshness heathenism ill breeding impetuosity impoliteness incivility inclemency inhumaneness inhumanity intensity malignity mercilessness mindlessness murderousness paganism philistinism pitilessness rigor roughness ruthlessness sadism sadistic cruelty sanguineousness savagism severity sharpness terrorism troglodytism truculence uncivilizedness uncouthness uncultivatedness uncultivation unculturedness unenlightenment ungentleness unrefinement vandalism vehemence venom viciousness violence virulence wanton cruelty wildness