Antonyms for barbarism

Grammar : Noun

Spell : bahr-buh-riz-uh m

Phonetic Transcription : ˈbɑr bəˌrɪz əm

Definition of barbarism

Origin : mid-15c., "uncivilized or rude nature," from French barbarisme (13c.), from Latin barbarismus, from Greek barbarismos "foreign speech," from barbarizein "to do as a foreigner does" (see barbarian). Only of speech in Greek, Latin, and French; sense extended in English to "uncivilized condition."

noun crudity, savagery, especially in speech

Example sentences :

A Hottentot would not have been guilty of this sort of barbarism.
Extract from : « American Notes » by Rudyard Kipling

They rescued the people from barbarism, and uplifted the standard of the cross.
Extract from : « English Villages » by P. H. Ditchfield

He had all their virtues, and a considerable share of their barbarism.
Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 364, February 1846 » by Various

In the barbarism of those times dueling was a common practice.
Extract from : « Henry IV, Makers of History » by John S. C. Abbott

Thank God, my darling, with all our barbarism, we have not come to that in Ireland.'
Extract from : « Lord Kilgobbin » by Charles Lever

And were these the traits to send back into hardship and barbarism?
Extract from : « Luttrell Of Arran » by Charles James Lever

Come, you mustn't leave the West with only its barbarism in your memory.
Extract from : « The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. I (of II) » by Charles James Lever

Clemens was likely to be on the side of the Indians, but hardly in their barbarism.
Extract from : « Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete » by Albert Bigelow Paine

Sedley will only be too glad to escape; he's not in love with our barbarism.
Extract from : « The Bramleighs Of Bishop's Folly » by Charles James Lever

But this kind of barbarism did not stand in the way of an almost childish gaiety.
Extract from : « A Simple Story » by Mrs. Inchbald

Synonyms for barbarism

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