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barbarize

bar·ba·rize
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [bahr-buh-rahyz]
    • /ˈbɑr bəˌraɪz/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [bahr-buh-rahyz]
    • /ˈbɑr bəˌraɪz/

Definitions of barbarize word

  • verb barbarize to make or become barbarous 3
  • verb barbarize to use barbarisms in (language) 3
  • verb transitive barbarize to make barbarous; coarsen, brutalize, etc. 3
  • intransitive verb barbarize to become barbarous 3
  • verb with object barbarize to make barbarous; brutalize; corrupt: foreign influences barbarizing the Latin language. 1
  • verb without object barbarize to become barbarous; lapse into barbarism. 1

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Origin of barbarize

First appearance:

before 1635
One of the 43% oldest English words
1635-45; partly < Greek barbarízein, equivalent to bárbar(os) barbarian + -izein -ize; partly barbar(ous) + -ize

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Parts of speech for Barbarize

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

barbarize popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 48% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

barbarize usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for barbarize

verb barbarize

  • brutalize — If an unpleasant experience brutalizes someone, it makes them cruel or violent.
  • automate — To automate a factory, office, or industrial process means to put in machines which can do the work instead of people.
  • automatize — to make (a process, etc) automatic or (of a process, etc) to be made automatic
  • imbrute — to reduce to a bestial state
  • robotize — to turn (someone) into a robot.

Antonyms for barbarize

verb barbarize

  • humanize — to make humane, kind, or gentle.
  • humanise — to make humane, kind, or gentle.

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