barbarism en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈbɑː(ɹ)bəɹɪz(ə)m/ (UK)
- /ˈbɑɹbəˈɹɪzm̩/ (General-American)
- bärʹbə-rĭz'm (General-American)
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Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) A barbaric act.
These barbarisms can not be allowed to continue; they must be crushed or civilization will collapse.
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(countable, uncountable) The condition of existing barbarically.
Like dancing, it is a remnant of ancient barbarism—fit for the days of the Chaldeans or the Babylonians, when people were only amused through their eyes—the sole entertainment of which savage nations are susceptible.
1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter V, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, pages 42–43:War is at best barbarism... Its glory is all moonshine.
1879, William Tecumseh Sherman, Address to the Michigan Military Academy:
- (countable, uncountable) A word hybridizing Ancient Greek and Latin or other heterogeneous roots.
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(countable, uncountable) An error in language use within a single word, such as a mispronunciation.
In the jargon of the ancient grammarian, penacilin would be a barbarism.
2002, Hyman, Bad Grammar in Context, New England Classical Journal, 29, p. 94-101
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| barbarisms | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (52)
sv barbarism (error in language use) · cs brutalita (barbaric act) · hi असभ्यता (barbaric act) · cmn 殘暴行為 /残暴行为 (barbaric act) · de Barbarismus (error in language use) · ru варвари́зм (error in language use) · tr barbarlık (condition of existing barbarically) · pt barbarismo (barbaric act) · ja 野蛮な行為 (barbaric act) · cs barbarismus (error in language use) · hi बर्बरता (barbaric act) · ru ва́рварство (condition of existing barbarically) · ro barbarism (barbaric act) · et barbarism (error in language use) · pl barbarzyństwo (condition of existing barbarically) · be барбары́нства (barbaric act) · fi raakalaisuus (barbaric act) · it barbarismo (barbaric act) · fi barbaarius (barbaric act) · be ба́рбарства (barbaric act) · gd brùidealachd (condition of existing barbarically) · pl barbaryzm (error in language use) · la immānitās (condition of existing barbarically) · be чужасло́ў (error in language use) · de Barbarei (barbaric act) · fr barbarisme (error in language use) · lv barbarisms (error in language use) · bg ва́рварство (barbaric act) · uk варвари́зм (error in language use) · be барбары́зм (error in language use) · kk мәдениетсіздік (barbaric act) · de Barbarei (condition of existing barbarically) · lt barbarizmas (error in language use) · ar بربرية (barbaric act) · es barbarismo (error in language use) · nb barbari (barbaric act) · fi barbarismi (condition of existing barbarically) · uk ва́рварство (barbaric act) · lt barbarizmas (barbaric act) · be ва́рварства (barbaric act) · es barbarismo (barbaric act) · el βαρβαρισμός (error in language use) · ms barbarisme (barbaric act) · ru ва́рварство (barbaric act) · kk жабайылық (barbaric act) · be варвары́зм (error in language use) · cs barbarství (condition of existing barbarically) · pl barbarzyństwo (barbaric act) · fr barbarisme (barbaric act) · cs barbarství (barbaric act) · ro barbarism (error in language use) · bg варвари́зъм (error in language use)