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Meanings of
barbarism
in English
Portuguese
barbárie
Catalan
salvatgeria
Spanish
barbaridad
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A brutal barbarous savage act.
brutality
savagery
barbarity
Portuguese
barbárie
Russian
варваризмы
Portuguese
barbarismo
Spanish
barbarismos
Catalan
barbarisme
Back to the meaning
Linguistic deviation.
unadapted loanword
Related terms
linguistics term
technical term
Russian
варваризмы
Synonyms
Examples for "
brutality
"
brutality
savagery
barbarity
Examples for "
brutality
"
1
EBONY: New cases of police
brutality
appear in the news every day.
2
The demonstrators see the case in terms of racism and police
brutality
.
3
Ratu Inoke said nine cases of police
brutality
were reported in 2017.
4
The issue isn't police reform, British army
brutality
or even punishment beatings.
5
The video prompted a national debate on police
brutality
and race relations.
1
Nothing worse in Central America; nothing worse where civilized degeneracy disgraces
savagery
.
2
The grave emotion in his face dignified its expression despite its
savagery
.
3
The soldiers rush in and avenge his death with the utmost
savagery
.
4
The red glare of
savagery
flickered for an instant in his eyes.
5
Never had he put the
savagery
in it that was there to-night.
1
The Indian alone in his wild and merciless
barbarity
,
was terrible enough.
2
Here is a most extraordinary trait of the
barbarity
of the Tibboos.
3
They are each set in a world of toil, threat and
barbarity
.
4
They are said to be dull in everything but treachery and
barbarity
.
5
If so, the author of that accusation was responsible for the
barbarity
.
Usage of
barbarism
in English
1
They have simply grown and developed in the natural plane of
barbarism
.
2
The boasted progress of civilization is dissolved in the
barbarism
of war.
3
Capital punishment exists at a paradoxical junction point of civilisation and
barbarism
.
4
But in the century succeeding his death the country relapsed into
barbarism
.
5
Feudality was the natural first step of a people emerging from
barbarism
.
6
Superstition and
barbarism
shared the honour and the spoils of this victory.
7
The last hopes of
barbarism
had passed with the shades of night.
8
The
barbarism
of these proposals was covered by the fig-leaf of enlightenment.
9
But execution was too easy, and Paul had had enough of
barbarism
.
10
But it's moving directly from
barbarism
to decadence without ever encountering civilization.
11
Your civilization is your disease; my
barbarism
is my restoration to health.
12
Some relic of ancient African
barbarism
still lingered in their untutored minds.
13
Such the difference between physical and moral courage, between
barbarism
and civilization.
14
The real issue is between civilization and
barbarism
,
between peace and war.
15
Shakespeare has been sometimes taxed with the
barbarism
of profuseness and exaggeration.
16
Born in Asiatic filth, ignorance and
barbarism
,
it now menaces modern civilization.
Other examples for "barbarism"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
barbarism
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
such barbarism
relapse into barbarism
ancient barbarism
emerge from barbarism
revert to barbarism
More collocations
Translations for
barbarism
Portuguese
barbárie
actodebárbaro
barbarismo
Catalan
salvatgeria
brutalitat
barbàrie
salvatjada
barbaritat
barbarisme
barbarismes
Spanish
barbaridad
barbarismos
barbarismo
Russian
варваризмы
варваризм
барбарисм
Barbarism
through the time
Barbarism
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common