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Definition of Savagisms
1. savagism [n] - See also: savagism
Lexicographical Neighbors of Savagisms
Literary usage of Savagisms
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. California Pastoral. 1769-1848 by Hubert Howe Bancroft (1888)
"... COMPARATIVE CIVILIZATIONS AND savagisms. That which constitutes history,
properly so called, is in great part omitted from worka on the subject. ..."
2. The native races of the Pacific states of North America by Hubert Howe Bancroft (1875)
"... all their shades of savagery and progress side by side with the savagisms and
civilizations of other ages and nations, my work thus far is accomplished. ..."
3. The Native Races of the Pacific States of North America by Hubert Howe Bancroft, Henry Lebbeus Oak, T. Arundel Harcourt, Albert Goldschmidt, Walter Mulrea Fisher, William Nemos (1875)
"... all their shades of savagery and progress side by side with the savagisms and
civilizations of other ages and nations, my work thus far is accomplished. ..."
4. The New Pacific by Hubert Howe Bancroft (1914)
"In the West Indies, away alike from the savagisms of Africa and the bolstering
institutions and ballot of America, the negro does not advance, ..."
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