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

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