barbarism
11barbarism — [[t]bɑ͟ː(r)bərɪzəm[/t]] N UNCOUNT (disapproval) If you refer to someone s behaviour as barbarism, you strongly disapprove of it because you think that it is extremely cruel or uncivilized. We do not ask for the death penalty: barbarism must not… …
12barbarism — /bahr beuh riz euhm/, n. 1. a barbarous or uncivilized state or condition. 2. a barbarous act; something belonging to or befitting a barbarous condition. 3. the use in a language of forms or constructions felt by some to be undesirably alien to… …
13barbarism — noun a) A barbaric act. These barbarisms can not be allowed to continue, they must be crushed or civilization will collapse. b) The condition of existing barbarically. War is at best barbarism...Its glory is all moonshine …
14barbarism — bar|bar|is|m [ˈba:bərızəm US ˈba:r ] n [U] 1.) extremely violent and cruel behaviour 2.) when people do not have any education or pleasure in art, literature etc ▪ cultural barbarism …
15barbarism — /ˈbabərɪzəm/ (say bahbuhrizuhm) noun 1. the state or condition of being barbarian or barbarous: *revulsed by the barbarism of colonial, especially rural or small town colonial mores. –anne summers, 1975. 2. an act or product typical of barbarians …
16Barbarism (linguistics) — Barbarism refers to a non standard word, expression or pronunciation in a language. [Usage note: the term barbarism is contrasted with barbarity as the two terms have different meaning. Barbarism specifically indicates a misuse of language, but… …
17barbarism, barbarity — n. 1) to demonstrate, display barbarism, barbarity 2) outright, unmitigated, utter barbarism, barbarity …
18barbarism — noun Date: 15th century 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 …
19barbarism — См. barbarismo …
20barbarism — Synonyms and related words: Gothicism, Irish bull, Neanderthalism, age of ignorance, animality, antiphrasis, bad taste, barbarity, barbarousness, benightedness, benightment, bestiality, bombasticness, brutality, brutishness, cacology, cacophony,… …
