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barbarism
[ bahr-buh-riz-uhm ]
noun
- a barbarous or uncivilized state or 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.
barbarism
/ ˈ²úɑ˲úəˌ°ùɪ³úÉ™³¾ /
noun
- a 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
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ³ó²âp±ð°ù·²ú²¹°ùb²¹°ù·¾±²õ³¾ noun
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of barbarism1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of barbarism1
Example Sentences
Judea remained under Roman rule; persecution and barbarism reigned.
As Shakespeare keenly understood, when the individual is allowed to trounce the collective, the result isn’t freedom but barbarism.
Relations between Macron and Benyamin Netanyahu have come under severe strain in recent weeks, after Macron accused the Israeli prime minister of “spreading barbarism†in Gaza and Lebanon.
"Instead of standing with Israel, a fellow democracy defending itself against barbarism, Britain’s misguided decision will only embolden Hamas," he said on social media.
In one of many references to Iran, the Israeli prime minister claimed an “axis of terror†threatened the US, Israel and the Arab world, framing it as a “clash of barbarism against civilisationsâ€.
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