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   Bar·ba·rism

   /ˈbärbəˌrizəm/

   

   noun

   • 1. absence of culture and civilization: "the collapse of civilization and the return to barbarism"
   • ▪ a word or expression that is badly formed according to traditional philological rules, for example a word formed from elements of different languages, such as breathalyzer (English and Greek) or television (Greek and Latin).
   • 2. extreme cruelty or brutality: "she called the execution an act of barbarism"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French barbarisme, via Latin from Greek barbarismos, from barbarizein ‘speak like a foreigner’, from barbaros ‘foreign’.

   Scrabble Points: 15

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   The meaning of BARBARISM is a barbarian or barbarous social or intellectual condition : backwardness. How to use barbarism in a sentence.

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   extremely cruel and unpleasant behaviour: He witnessed some appalling acts of barbarism during the war. Synonyms. barbarity. brutality. savagery. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Unkind, cruel & unfeeling. acerbically. acerbity. acidly. anti-cruelty. cruelly. cruelty to someone/something. cutthroat. meanness. mental cruelty.

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   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. Discover More.

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   extremely cruel and unpleasant behavior: He witnessed some appalling acts of barbarism during the war. Synonyms. barbarity. brutality. savagery. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Unkind, cruel & unfeeling. acerbic.

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   n. 1. a brutal, coarse, or ignorant act. 2. the condition of being backward, coarse, or ignorant. 3. (Linguistics) a substandard or erroneously constructed or derived word or expression; solecism. 4. any act or object that offends against accepted taste.

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   cruel or violent behaviour. Definition of barbarism noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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   Definitions of barbarism. noun. a brutal barbarous savage act. synonyms: barbarity, brutality, savagery. see more.