Dictionary

barbarianism en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek βάρβαρος (bárbaros)bor. Latin barbarus Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Medieval Latin barbaria Medieval Latin barbarinusbor. Middle English barbarian English barbarian Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English barbarianism From barbarian + -ism.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A primitive or simplistic ethos or societal condition; barbarism.
   • Some postulate that after a nuclear war, humanity would fall into a state of barbarianism.
2. (countable, uncountable) Behaviour appropriate to a barbarian, that is uncivilized, brutal, or crude.
   • The teacher accused the bullies of barbarianism when she caught them taunting the girl in a wheelchair.

Forms

Deriveds

semibarbarianism

Synonyms

savagery (primitive ethos or societal condition) · degeneracy (primitive ethos or societal condition) · simplicity (primitive ethos or societal condition) · unsophistication (behaviour of a barbarian) · degeneracy (behaviour of a barbarian) · rudeness (behaviour of a barbarian) · savagery (behaviour of a barbarian) · state of nature (primitive ethos or societal condition) · reductionism (primitive ethos or societal condition) · wildness (behaviour of a barbarian)