ferity means the quality or fact of being wild or in a wild state. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
Why this word is great
FERITY — [Noun] The foundational condition of untamed, feral existence. From the Latin feritas, from ferus (“wild”). Unlike ferocity, which denotes a flash of violent aggression, or barbarity, which emphasizes acts of civilized cruelty, ferity is a primal state of being, unmediated by human order. It is the ancient, unblinking yellow eye of a wolf in the forest gloom; the coiled, patient instinct in the muscles of a feral cat; and the profound, indifferent silence that reclaims a deserted city. It is the world’s essential, amoral state before we named it—a separate peace that owes you nothing.
noun
- The quality or fact of being wild or in a wild state.“Near-synonyms: wildness, brutishness”