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Dictionary: bar·ba·rism   (bär'bə-rĭz'əm) pronunciation
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  1. An act, trait, or custom characterized by ignorance or crudity.
    1. The use of words, forms, or expressions considered incorrect or unacceptable.
    2. A specific word, form, or expression so used.

[Latin barbarismus, use of a foreign tongue or of one's own tongue amiss, barbarism, from Greek barbarismos, from barbarizein, to behave or speak like a barbarian, from barbaros, non-Greek, foreign (imitative of the sound of unintelligible speech).]

USAGE NOTE   There is a significant difference in meaning between barbarism and barbarity. Both denote some absence of civilization, but the word civilization itself has several different senses, one the opposite of barbarism, the other the opposite of barbarity. On the one hand civilization may refer to the scientific, artistic, and cultural attainments of advanced societies, and it is this sense that figures in the meaning of barbarism. The English word barbarism originally referred to incorrect use of language, but it is now used more generally to refer to ignorance or crudity in matters of taste, including verbal expression: The

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noun

    A term that offends against established usage standards: corruption, solecism, vulgarism. See style/good style/bad style.

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Definition: crudity, savagery, especially in speech
Antonyms: kindness, praise


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Dansk (Danish)
n. - barbarisme

Nederlands (Dutch)
barbaarsheid, barbaars iets

Français (French)
n. - barbarie, (Ling) barbarisme

Deutsch (German)
n. - Barbarei, Roheit, Barbarismus

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - βαρβαρισμός, σολοικισμός

Italiano (Italian)
barbarie, barbarismo

Português (Portuguese)
n. - barbarismo (m), estrangeirismo (m)

Русский (Russian)
дикость, варварство

Español (Spanish)
n. - barbarie, barbarismo

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - barbari, barbarisk handling

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
野蛮, 未开化, 原始风尚, 不规范

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 野蠻, 未開化, 原始風尚, 不規範

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 야만, 포학, 파격적인 말

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 野蛮, 蛮行, 野蛮な行為

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) همجيه, وحشيه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮ברבריות‬


 
 
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