savagism

English

Etymology

From savage +‎ -ism.

Noun

savagism (countable and uncountable, plural savagisms)

1. The state of being savage; wildness; lack of civility.

References

• “savagism”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.