Antonyms for barbarousness

Grammar : Noun

Spell : bahr-ber-uhs

Phonetic Transcription : ˈbɑr bər əs

Definition of barbarousness

Origin : c.1400, "uncivilized, uncultured, ignorant," from Latin barbarus, from Greek barbaros (see barbarian). Meaning "not Greek or Latin" (of words or language) is from c.1500; that of "savagely cruel" is from 1580s.

As in atrocity : noun outrageous behavior
As in atrociousness : noun enormity

Example sentences :

We translate according to the barbarousness of their Latin and dictament.
Extract from : « The History of the Reformation of Religion in Scotland » by John Knox

In its grossness and barbarousness is not that Saxon, as Saxon as it can be?
Extract from : « Celtic Literature » by Matthew Arnold

I would very fain have the words that the Lords used of my barbarousness in accusing him falsely.'
Extract from : « Sir Walter Ralegh » by William Stebbing

It thought that Voltaire wrote well, especially in verse, and reproached Ducis only with the barbarousness of his models.
Extract from : « Decadence and Other Essays on the Culture of Ideas » by Remy de Gourmont

Synonyms for barbarousness

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