barbarism
A barbaric actA barbaric act.
» We've come from barbarism, but not far.
Meaning
4 senses(countable, uncountable)A barbaric act.
These barbarisms can not be allowed to continue; they must be crushed or civilization will collapse.
Barbarei
ва́рварствоvárvarstvo
ва́рварствоvárvarstvo
a brutal barbarous savage act
(countable, uncountable)The condition of existing barbarically.
Barbarei
ва́рварствоvárvarstvo
(countable, uncountable)A word hybridizing Ancient Greek and Latin or other heterogeneous roots.
(countable, uncountable)An error in language use within a single word, such as a mispronunciation.
Barbarismus
варвари́змvarvarízm
варвари́змvarvarýzm
Examples
11 sentencesWe've come from barbarism, but not far.
We have begun our slow collapse into barbarism.
Does barbarism mean the people who cut hair?
This is a fight between civilization and barbarism.
Much reading has brought upon us a learned barbarism.
Translations
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Forms
plural: barbarisms| Singular | barbarism |
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Synonyms
4 synonymsWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable