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单词 barbarism
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
bar•ba•rism /ˈbɑrbəˌrɪzəm/USA pronunciation   n. 
  1. [uncountable] the state of being barbarous.
  2. [countable] a barbarous act.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
bar•ba•rism  (bärbə riz′əm),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. a barbarous or uncivilized state or condition.
  2. a barbarous act;
    something belonging to or befitting a barbarous condition.
  3. Linguisticsthe use in a language of forms or constructions felt by some to be undesirably alien to the established standards of the language.
  4. Linguisticssuch a form or construction:Some people consider "complected'' as a barbarism.
  • Greek barbarismós foreign way of speaking. See barbarous, -ism
  • Latin barbarismus
  • 1570–80

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
barbarism /ˈbɑːbəˌrɪzəm/ n
  1. a brutal, coarse, or ignorant act
  2. the condition of being backward, coarse, or ignorant
  3. a substandard or erroneously constructed or derived word or expression; solecism
  4. any act or object that offends against accepted taste
Etymology: 16th Century: from Latin barbarismus error of speech, from Greek barbarismos, from barbaros barbarous
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