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Webster 1913 Edition


Savagism

Sav′a-gism

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Noun.
The state of being savage; the state of rude, uncivilized men, or of men in their native wildness and rudeness.

Webster 1828 Edition


Savagism

SAV'AGISM

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Noun.
The state of rude uncivilized men; the state of men in their native wildness and rudeness.
The greater part of modern philosophers have declared for the original savagism of men.