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Barbarism

//ˈbɑɹbəˈɹɪzm̩// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A barbaric act. countable, uncountable

    "These barbarisms can not be allowed to continue; they must be crushed or civilization will collapse."

  2. 2
    a brutal barbarous savage act wordnet
  3. 3
    The condition of existing barbarically. countable, uncountable

    "Like dancing, it is a remnant of ancient barbarism—fit for the days of the Chaldeans or the Babylonians, when people were only amused through their eyes—the sole entertainment of which savage nations are susceptible."

  4. 4
    A word hybridizing Ancient Greek and Latin or other heterogeneous roots. countable, uncountable
  5. 5
    An error in language use within a single word, such as a mispronunciation. countable, uncountable

    "In the jargon of the ancient grammarian, penacilin would be a barbarism."

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