barbarism

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈbɑː(ɹ)bəɹɪzəm/

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

     War is at best barbarism...It's glory is all moonshine.

3. 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

• German: Barbarei (de) f
• Lithuanian: barbarizmas (lt) m
• Norwegian: barbari (no) n

• Romanian: barbarism (ro) n
• Russian: варварство (ru) (várvarstvo) n

condition of existing barbarically

• German: Barbarei (de) f

• Russian: варварство (ru) (várvarstvo) n

error in language use

• Bulgarian: варваризъм (bg) (varvarizǎm) m
• Estonian: barbarism (et)
• French: barbarisme (fr) m
• Latvian: barbarisms (lv) m
• Lithuanian: barbarizmas (lt) m

• Romanian: barbarism (ro) n
• Russian: варваризм (ru) (varvarízm) m
• Spanish: barbarismo (es) m
• Ukrainian: варваризм (uk) (varvaryzm) m