单词 | rebarbarization |
释义 | rebarbarizationn. The action or process of making barbarous again; regression to savagery or incivility. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > civilization > lack of civilization > [noun] > rendering uncivilized vandalization1800 rebarbarization1833 barbarization1854 barbarizing1861 decivilization1878 1833 Tait's Edinb. Mag. Dec. 303 Re-barbarization, and the most extensive demoralization, seemed at hand for Christendom [under Napoleon]. 1840 H. H. Milman Hist. Christianity I. 130 The comparative rebarbarisation of the human race. 1896 Times 30 Dec. 9/3 The ‘rebarbarization’, constantly undoing the work of civilization, may be stifled. 1949 R. Wellek & E. A. Warren Theory of Lit. 340 For the ‘rebarbarization’ of literature, cf. the brilliant article, ‘Literature’ by Max Lerner and Edwin Mims. 1991 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 11 Apr. 61/4 On television not long ago, George Will decried the ‘rebarbarization of our cities’ by young black males. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1833 |
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