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barbarism

1 ENTRIES FOUND:
barbarism /ˈbɑɚbəˌrɪzəm/ noun
plural barbarisms
barbarism
/ˈbɑɚbəˌrɪzəm/
noun
plural barbarisms
Learner's definition of BARBARISM
: cruel and violent behavior残暴行为;暴力行为
[noncount]
[count]
[noncount] : very rude behavior粗野举止;野蛮行为
BNC: 20386 COCA: 20542

barbarism

noun

bar·​ba·​rism ˈbär-bə-ˌri-zəm How to pronounce barbarism (audio)
1
a
: a barbarian or barbarous social or intellectual condition : backwardness
b
: the practice or display of barbarian acts, attitudes, or ideas
2
: an idea, act, or expression that in form or use offends against contemporary standards of good taste or acceptability

Example Sentences

The barbarism of his dictatorship cannot be ignored. Such barbarisms cannot be tolerated.
Recent Examples on the Web Their private efforts to remember and honor the dead reveal a grace born of grief, an essential humanity that defies the barbarism unleashed by Russian President Vladimir Putin. Martin Kuz, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Aug. 2022 What follows here, told through the people who make Odesa, is a story of what happens when the barbarism that frenzied autocratic Russian nationalism has unleashed meets a city forged in diversity and openness. New York Times, 19 Aug. 2022 Their remembering and honoring reveals grace in grief, and an essential humanity that defies the barbarism of the conflict. Martin Kuz, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Aug. 2022 Micha must decide if the work of commemorating those who lost their lives to the barbarism of men like Eichmann is worth the sacrifice of the rest of his. Jessica Kiang, Variety, 4 July 2022 Any critique of the role religion plays in justifying barbarism and oppression, however, is muddled by the fact that those who can sense the ruling class’s worldliness and corruption hardly come off better. Jess Bergman, The New Republic, 22 June 2022 In a sense, Peele wants to use a Hollywood genre template to mount a critique of Hollywood barbarism, to lay bare the callousness of an industry that grinds dreams into dust and exacts a lot of unseen collateral damage. Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 22 July 2022 Our collective memory blesses World War II as a good war, a close escape from genocidal barbarism. Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 18 Mar. 2022 Across the West there is a sense that Vladimir Putin not only must be stopped from colonizing Ukraine but should be punished for his barbarism as well. Tom Mctague, The Atlantic, 14 Mar. 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Time Traveler
The first known use of barbarism was in the 15th century
BNC: 20386 COCA: 20542

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