Found 4 items, similar to Barbarism.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak) Definition: barbarism barbarisme
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: barbarism kebiadaban
English → English (WordNet) Definition: barbarism barbarism n : a brutal barbarous savage act [syn: brutality, barbarity, savagery]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Barbarism Barbarism \Bar"ba*rism\ (b[aum]r"b[.a]*r[i^]z'm), n. [L. barbarismus, Gr. barbarismo`s; cf. F. barbarisme.] 1. An uncivilized state or condition; rudeness of manners; ignorance of arts, learning, and literature; barbarousness. --Prescott. [1913 Webster] 2. A barbarous, cruel, or brutal action; an outrage. [1913 Webster] A heinous barbarism . . . against the honor of marriage. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 3. An offense against purity of style or language; any form of speech contrary to the pure idioms of a particular language. See Solecism. [1913 Webster] The Greeks were the first that branded a foreign term in any of their writers with the odious name of barbarism. --G. Campbell. [1913 Webster]