What is the state of being savage; the state of rude, uncivilized men, or of men in their native wildness and rudeness called?
savagism — The state of being savage; the state of rude, uncivilized men, or of men in their native wildness and rudeness. (Webster's 1913.)
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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