ALL meanings of barbarism
bar·ba·rism
B b - uncountable noun barbarism If you refer to someone's behaviour as barbarism, you strongly disapprove of it because you think that it is extremely cruel or uncivilized. 3
- noun barbarism a brutal, coarse, or ignorant act 3
- noun barbarism the condition of being backward, coarse, or ignorant 3
- noun barbarism a substandard or erroneously constructed or derived word or expression; solecism 3
- noun barbarism any act or object that offends against accepted taste 3
- noun barbarism the use of words and expressions not standard in a language 3
- noun barbarism a word or expression of this sort (Ex.: “youse” for “you”) 3
- noun barbarism the state of being primitive or lacking civilization 3
- noun barbarism a barbarous action, custom, etc. 3
- noun barbarism brutal behavior; barbarity 3
- noun barbarism Absence of culture and civilization. 1
- noun barbarism savage behaviour 1
- noun barbarism a barbarous or uncivilized state or condition. 1
- noun barbarism a barbarous act; something belonging to or befitting a barbarous condition. 1
- noun barbarism the use in a language of forms or constructions felt by some to be undesirably alien to the established standards of the language. 1
- noun barbarism such a form or construction: Some people consider “complected” as a barbarism. 1
- noun barbarism A barbaric act. 0
- noun barbarism The condition of existing barbarically. 0
- noun barbarism An error in language use within a single word, such as a mispronunciation. 0