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单词 savagedom
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savagedomn.

Brit. /ˈsavᵻdʒdəm/, U.S. /ˈsævᵻdʒdəm/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: savage n.1, -dom suffix; savage adj., -dom suffix.
Etymology: Partly (i) < savage n.1 + -dom suffix, and partly (ii) < savage adj. + -dom suffix.
1. The realm of those considered wild or uncivilized; savage people collectively.
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society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > civilization > lack of civilization > [noun] > uncivilized person > collectively
savagery1822
savagedom1837
1837 Daily National Intelligencer (Washington) 16 Oct. All Christendom and Savagedom against the Seminoles and their negroes.
1873 Mission Life 4 247 The charm of finding oneself among English ladies, after months of sojourn in savagedom.
1921 E. Channing Hist. U.S. V. ii. 37 The contact of savagedom with the vices and diseases of civilization.
2008 A. Capella Var. Flavors of Coffee (2009) xxvi. 185 The tin-pot tyrant of a godforsaken dung-heap in a tiny fly-ridden corner of savagedom.
2. The condition of being wild or savage, savagery; a period characterized by this.
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society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > civilization > lack of civilization > [noun]
barbarousness1549
Barbary1564
barbarity1570
barbarism1584
incivility1584
uncivility1598
wildness1639
ferity1646
the (also a) state of nature1650
savagism1665
savagery1782
semi-barbarism1817
barbarization1822
incivilization1823
semibarbarianism1828
savagedom1844
barbarianism1854
uncivilizedness1879
uncivilization1880
bruteness1883
semi-savagedom1887
1844 Morning Post 26 Sept. 5/6 The philosopher of savagedom—the patron of pedantry and practiser of brutality.
1846 Amer. Farmer Mar. 284/1 The pear which has been removed only one step from savagedom.
1888 A. Jessopp Coming of Friars ii. 87 The people..goaded to frequent outbursts of ferocious savagedom by hunger.
1908 O. Crawfurd in 19th Cent. Jan. 63 In the early ages of savagedom this region was eagerly colonised by Rome.
1931 H. A. Overstreet Enduring Quest iii. x. 146 Man's long period of emergence from savagedom.
1990 R. Willis Signifying Animals (1994) 3 The special nature of savagedom was succinctly encapsulated in Frazer's assertion that totemism was both a religious and a social institution.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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