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BARBARISM
brutality, barbarity, barbarism, savagery
(noun) a brutal barbarous savage act
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
barbarism (countable and uncountable, plural barbarisms)
A barbaric act.
The condition of existing barbarically.
A word hybridizing Ancient Greek and Latin or other heterogeneous roots.
An error in language use within a single word, such as a mispronunciation.
Source: Wiktionary
Bar"ba*rism, n. Etym: [L. barbarismus, Gr.; cf. F. barbarisme.]
1. An uncivilized state or condition; rudeness of manners; ignorance of arts, learning, and literature; barbarousness. Prescott.
2. A barbarous, cruel, or brutal action; an outrage. A heinous barbarism . . . against the honor of marriage. Milton.
3. An offense against purity of style or language; any form of speech contrary to the pure idioms of a particular language. See Solecism. The Greeks were the first that branded a foreign term in any of their writers with the odious name of barbarism. G. Campbell.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Word of the Day
16 November 2024
LEAVE
(verb) go and leave behind, either intentionally or by neglect or forgetfulness; “She left a mess when she moved out”; “His good luck finally left him”; “her husband left her after 20 years of marriage”; “she wept thinking she had been left behind”
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