Synonyms for barbarism
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : bahr-buh-riz-uh m |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈbɑr bəˌrɪz əm |
Top 10 synonyms for barbarism
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for barbarism
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