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barbarism
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Barbarism
(gcide) | 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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barbarism
(wn) | barbarism
n 1: a brutal barbarous savage act [syn: brutality,
barbarity, barbarism, savagery] |
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Barbarism
(gcide) | 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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Semibarbarism
(gcide) | Semibarbarism \Sem`i*bar"ba*rism\, n.
The quality or state of being half barbarous or uncivilized.
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