barbarism

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbɑː(ɹ)bəɹɪz(ə)m/
• (General American) enPR: bärʹbə-rĭz'm, IPA^(key): /ˈbɑɹbəˈɹɪzm̩/

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Noun

barbarism (countable and uncountable, plural barbarisms)

1. A barbaric act.

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

2. The condition of existing barbarically.
   • 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter V, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, pages 42–43:

     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.

   • 1879, William Tecumseh Sherman, Address to the Michigan Military Academy:

     War is at best barbarism... Its glory is all moonshine.

3. A word hybridizing Ancient Greek and Latin or other heterogeneous roots.
4. An error in language use within a single word, such as a mispronunciation.
   • 2002, Hyman, Bad Grammar in Context, New England Classical Journal, 29, p. 94-101

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

Translations

barbaric act

• Belarusian: ва́рварства n (várvarstva), ба́рбарства n (bárbarstva), барбары́нства n (barbarýnstva)
• Bulgarian: ва́рварство (bg) n (várvarstvo)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 殘暴行為／残暴行为 (cánbào xíngwéi)

• Finnish: barbaarius, raakalaisuus (fi)
• French: barbarisme (fr) m
• German: Barbarei (de) f
• Hindi: बर्बरता f (barbartā), असभ्यता (hi) f (asabhyatā)
• Italian: barbarismo (it) m
• Japanese: 野蛮な行為 (やばんなこうい, yaban na kōi)
• Kazakh: мәдениетсіздік (mädenietsızdık), жабайылық (jabaiylyq)
• Lithuanian: barbarizmas (lt) m
• Malay: barbarisme
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: barbari n

• Portuguese: barbarismo (pt) m
• Romanian: barbarism (ro) n
• Russian: ва́рварство (ru) n (várvarstvo)
• Spanish: barbarismo (es) m
• Ukrainian: ва́рварство (uk) n (várvarstvo)

condition of existing barbarically

• Finnish: barbarismi
• German: Barbarei (de) f
• Latin: immānitās f
• Russian: ва́рварство (ru) n (várvarstvo)
• Scottish Gaelic: brùidealachd f

error in language use

• Belarusian: варвары́зм m (varvarýzm), чужасло́ў m (čužaslóŭ), барбары́зм m (barbarýzm)
• Bulgarian: варвари́зъм m (varvarízǎm)
• Czech: barbarismus (cs) m
• Estonian: barbarism (et)
• French: barbarisme (fr) m
• German: Barbarismus (de) m
• Greek: βαρβαρισμός (el) m (varvarismós)
• Latvian: barbarisms m
• Lithuanian: barbarizmas (lt) m
• Polish: barbaryzm (pl) m
• Romanian: barbarism (ro) n
• Russian: варвари́зм (ru) m (varvarízm)
• Spanish: barbarismo (es) m
• Swedish: barbarism (sv) c
• Ukrainian: варвари́зм (uk) m (varvarýzm)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French barbarisme. By surface analysis, barbar +‎ -ism.

Noun

barbarism n (plural barbarisme)

1. barbarism

Declension

Declension of barbarism

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) barbarism	barbarismul	(niște) barbarisme	barbarismele
genitive/dative	(unui) barbarism	barbarismului	(unor) barbarisme	barbarismelor
vocative	barbarismule		barbarismelor