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[ bahr-buh-riz-uhm ] / ˈbɑr bəˌrɪz əm / SEE SYNONYMS FOR barbarism ON THESAURUS.COM
nouna barbarous or uncivilized state or condition. a barbarous act; something belonging to or befitting a barbarous condition. the use in a language of forms or constructions felt by some to be undesirably alien to the established standards of the language. such a form or construction: Some people consider “complected” as a barbarism. Origin of barbarism1570–80; <Latin barbarismus<Greek barbarismós foreign way of speaking. See barbarous, -ism OTHER WORDS FROM barbarismhy·per·bar·bar·ism, nounWORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH barbarismbarbarism , barbarityWords nearby barbarismBarbados pride, Barbara, barbarian, barbarianize, barbaric, barbarism, barbarity, barbarize, Barbarossa, Barbarossa I, Barbarossa II Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for barbarism“Barbarism,” said retired NYPD Officer Jim Smith on Thursday. The Muslim Cop Killed by Terrorists|Michael Daly|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST His sexual life, just like his barbarism, was the result of deliberation, not appetites run amok. Nothing Was Banal About Eichmann’s Evil, Says a Scathing New Biography|Michael Signer|October 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST This war, said Poroshenko, is a “choice between civilization and barbarism.” Ukraine’s President Wowed Congress, But His Party Has a Dark Side|Anna Nemtsova|September 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST The difference now is that ISIS no longer depends on intermediaries to broadcast its barbarism. ISIS is Using Social Media to Reach YOU, Its New Audience|Jacob Siegel|August 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Is it also genius and a classic work about the struggle between civilization and barbarism, between good and evil? Sloane Crosley’s Depressing Beach Reads|Sloane Crosley|July 1, 2011|DAILY BEAST The chivalry which he introduced was an insufficient gift to barbarism. Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern|Edgar Saltus Will you permit a private in the Republican ranks to thank you for your great speech on the Barbarism of Slavery? Charles Sumner; his complete works, volume 6 (of 20)|Charles Sumner I cannot tell you how pleased I am with your late speech on the Barbarism of Slavery. Charles Sumner; his complete works, volume 6 (of 20)|Charles Sumner Of course, our argument is based upon the hypothesis that civilization is one thing, and barbarism another. The Right of American Slavery|True Worthy Hoit Barbarism is no longer at our frontiers; it lives side by side with us. Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources|James Wood
British Dictionary definitions for barbarism
nouna brutal, coarse, or ignorant act the condition of being backward, coarse, or ignorant a substandard or erroneously constructed or derived word or expression; solecism any act or object that offends against accepted taste Word Origin for barbarismC16: from Latin barbarismus error of speech, from Greek barbarismos, from barbaros barbarous Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to barbarisminhumanity, atrocity, brutality, cruelty, barbarity, coarseness, impropriety, solecism, vulgarism, misuse, corruption, provincialism, catachresis, malapropism, localism, misusage, uncivilizedness, vernacularism |