barbarianism

English

Etymology

barbarian +‎ -ism

Noun

barbarianism (countable and uncountable, plural barbarianisms)

1. A primitive or simplistic ethos or societal condition; barbarism.

   Some postulate that after a nuclear war, humanity would fall into a state of barbarianism.

2. Behaviour appropriate to a barbarian, that is uncivilized, brutal, or crude.

   The teacher accused the bullies of barbarianism when she caught them taunting the girl in a wheelchair.

Synonyms

• (primitive ethos or societal condition): degeneracy, reductionism, savagery, state of nature, simplicity
• (behaviour of a barbarian): degeneracy, rudeness, savagery, wildness, unsophistication

Derived terms

• semibarbarianism

 

Translations

a primitive, less advanced, or simplistic ethos or societal condition; barbarism — see barbarism

behaviour appropriate to a barbarian, that is uncivilized, brutal, or crude — see barbarism