barbarian

bar·bar·i·an

B0068800 (bär-bâr′ē-ən)n.1. a. A member of one of the non-Greek peoples in the ancient world, regarded by the ancient Greeks as culturally inferior.b. A member of any of various peoples living outside the Roman Empire or not fully integrated into Greco-Roman civilization. 2. A member of a people considered uncivilized or culturally inferior by members of another people.3. A fierce, brutal, or cruel person.4. An insensitive, uncultured person. See Synonyms at boor.

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[French barbarien, from barbare, barbarous, from Latin barbarus; see barbarous.]

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bar·bar′i·an adj.bar·bar′i·an·ism n.

barbarian

(bɑːˈbɛərɪən) n1. (Anthropology & Ethnology) a member of a primitive or uncivilized people2. a coarse, insensitive, or uncultured person3. a vicious personadj4. of an uncivilized culture5. insensitive, uncultured, or brutal[C16: see barbarous] barˈbarianism n

bar•bar•i•an

(bɑrˈbɛər i ən)

n. 1. a person regarded as savage, primitive, or uncivilized, esp. a person belonging to a culture different from one's own. 2. a person without culture, refinement, or education; philistine. 3. (esp. in ancient and medieval times) a foreigner: applied orig. to non-Greeks and to those outside the Roman Empire. adj. 4. uncivilized; crude; savage. 5. foreign; alien. [1540–50; < Latin barbari(a) barbarous country (see barbarous, -ia) + -an¹] bar•bar′i•an•ism, n.

barbarian

- Based on Greek barbaros, "stranger" or "enemy."See also related terms for stranger.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	barbarian - a member of an uncivilized people savageprimitive, primitive person - a person who belongs to an early stage of civilizationanthropophagite, anthropophagus, cannibal, man-eater - a person who eats human fleshheadhunter, head-shrinker - a savage who cuts off and preserves the heads of enemies as trophieshunter-gatherer - a member of a hunting and gathering societyVandal - a member of the Germanic people who overran Gaul and Spain and North Africa and sacked Rome in 455
	2.	barbarian - a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinementboor, churl, Goth, tike, tyke, peasantdisagreeable person, unpleasant person - a person who is not pleasant or agreeable
Adj.	1.	barbarian - without civilizing influences; "barbarian invaders"; "barbaric practices"; "a savage people"; "fighting is crude and uncivilized especially if the weapons are efficient"-Margaret Meade; "wild tribes"barbaric, uncivilised, uncivilized, savage, wildnoncivilised, noncivilized - not having a high state of culture and social development

barbarian

noun1. savage, monster, beast, brute, yahoo, swine, ogre, sadist Our maths teacher was a bully and a complete barbarian.2. lout, hooligan, illiterate, vandal, yahoo, bigot, philistine, ned (Scot. slang), hoon (Austral. & N.Z.), ruffian, ignoramus, boor, boot boy, lowbrow, vulgarian The visitors looked upon us all as barbarians.adjective1. uncivilized, wild, rough, savage, crude, primitive, vulgar, illiterate, barbaric, philistine, uneducated, unsophisticated, barbarous, boorish, uncouth, uncultivated, lowbrow, uncultured, unmannered rude and barbarian people
uncivilized cultured, civil, sophisticated, refined, civilized, genteel, urbane, highbrow, well-mannered

barbarian

nounAn unrefined, rude person:boor, chuff, churl, Philistine, vulgarian, yahoo.adjective1. Not civilized:barbaric, barbarous, primitive, rude, savage, uncivilized, uncultivated, uncultured, wild.Archaic: uncivil.2. Lacking in delicacy or refinement:barbaric, boorish, churlish, coarse, crass, crude, gross, ill-bred, indelicate, philistine, rough, rude, tasteless, uncivilized, uncouth, uncultivated, uncultured, unpolished, unrefined, vulgar.

Translations

野蛮人野蛮人的

barbarous

(ˈbaːbərəs) adjective1. uncultured and uncivilized. barbarous habits. 野蠻的，未開化的 野蛮的，未开化的 2. brutal. a barbarous assault. 兇殘的 残暴的ˈbarbarousness noun 野蠻，兇殘 野蛮，残暴 barˈbarian (-ˈbeəriən) noun an uncultured and uncivilized person. 野蠻人 野蛮人 adjectivebarbarian customs. 野蠻人的 野蛮人的