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.
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2. A barbarous, cruel, or brutal action; an outrage.
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A heinous barbarism . . . against the honor of
marriage. --Milton.
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3. An offense against purity of style or language; any form
of speech contrary to the pure idioms of a particular
language. See
Solecism.
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The Greeks were the first that branded a foreign
term in any of their writers with the odious name of
barbarism. --G. Campbell.
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