Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Savage; Barbarous: Characterized by extreme cruelty, brutality, or a lack of civilization. It describes actions or behaviors that are violently inhumane.
   • Uncivilized: Pertaining to a primitive or undeveloped state, lacking cultural refinement (this meaning is less common in modern usage and can be considered archaic or pejorative).

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Hành động của bọn tội phạm thật dã man. (The criminals' actions were truly savage.)
  • Chế độ đó đã áp dụng những biện pháp dã man để đàn áp người dân. (That regime used barbarous measures to suppress the people.)
  • Những tập tục dã man đó nay đã bị xoá bỏ. (Those uncivilized customs have now been abolished.)

Advanced Usage

• The term dã man is strong and carries a heavy moral judgment. It is often used in formal contexts like news reports, historical accounts, or legal descriptions to condemn severe acts of violence, torture, or war crimes.
• When describing historical or anthropological contexts referring to primitive societies, using uncivilized is sensitive and often replaced with more neutral terms like "pre-modern" or "pre-literate" in contemporary English.

Variants and Related Words

• Sự dã man (n): Savagery, barbarity; the quality or state of being savage.
  • Sự dã man của cuộc thảm sát không thể nào diễn tả nổi. (The savagery of the massacre is indescribable.)

Synonyms

• Barbaric: Savagely cruel or brutal.
• Brutal: Savagely violent, cruel, or harsh.
• Inhumane: Without compassion for misery or suffering; cruel.
• Vicious: Deliberately cruel or violent.

Antonyms

• Humane: Having or showing compassion or benevolence.
• Civilized: At an advanced stage of social and cultural development.
• Gentle: Mild in temperament or behavior; kind.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• Thời kỳ dã man: The barbarous age/period (often used historically).
  • Loài người đã trải qua thời kỳ dã man. (Mankind has passed through a barbarous age.)
• Bản chất dã man: Savage/barbaric nature.
  • Chúng ta phải lên án bản chất dã man của hành vi khủng bố. (We must condemn the barbaric nature of terrorist acts.)

adj

1. savage; barbarous
   • hành động dã man
     A savage action