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deˈbarbarize, v.
[f. de- II. 1 + barbarize v.]
trans. To divest of its barbarous character, to render not barbarous; = unbarbarize v. Hence debarbariˈzation.
1823De Quincey Lett. Education v. (1860) 103 Wherever law and intellectual order prevail, they debarbarize (if I may be allowed such a coinage) what in its elements might be barbarous. 1848Wiseman Ess. (1853) III. 427 To bring..the blessing, not of civilization, but of debarbarization. 1857De Quincey China Wks. 1871 XVI. 241 No Asiatic state has ever debarbarised itself. 1885G. Meredith Diana II. iii. 72 Before society can be civilized it has to be debarbarized. 1930W. R. Inge Christian Ethics v. 223 The Catholic Church might..have..found a congenial task in debarbarising Christianity. 1963Guardian 19 Feb. 4/2 Our chance to de-barbarise our society. |