barbarism
21barbarísm — s. n., pl. barbarísme …
22barbarism — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. solecism; barbarity, savagery, brutality, inhumanity, violence; ignorance, rudeness, vulgarity. See discourtesy, malevolence, inelegance. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. inhumanity, brutality, barbarity; see… …
23barbarism — bar|ba|rism [ barbə,rızəm ] noun uncount extremely violent and cruel behavior …
24barbarism — bar·ba·rism || bÉ‘ËbÉ™rɪzÉ™m n. cruelness, savageness; primitiveness …
25barbarism — noun 1》 absence of culture and civilization. 2》 extreme cruelty or brutality. 3》 a word or expression which is badly formed according to traditional philological rules, e.g. a word formed from elements of different languages, such as breathalyser …
26barbarism — n. 1. Savagism, savage state, savagery, barbarous state, uncivilized condition. 2. Rudeness, roughness, brutality, savageness, harshness, destructiveness, vandalism. 3. Impurity (of diction), impropriety, unauthorized expression. 4. Atrocity,… …
27barbarism — noun 1 (U) a state or condition in which people are not educated, behave violently etc 2 (U) cruel and violent behaviour …
28barbarism — n 1. crudity, coarseness, vulgarity; unenlightenment, uncivilizedness. See barbarity (def.3). 2. atrocity, outrage, enormity. See barbarity (def.2). 3. misuse, misusage, misapplication, error, infelicity, Obs. ill usage; catachresis, solecism,… …
29barbarism — bar·ba·rism …
30barbarism — bar•ba•rism [[t]ˈbɑr bəˌrɪz əm[/t]] n. 1) a barbarous or uncivilized state or condition 2) a barbarous act 3) ling. cv the use of words or constructions felt to be undesirably alien to the established standards of a language 4) ling. such a word… …
