barbarism

English

Pronunciation

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

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... Its 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

• Finnish: barbaarius
• German: Barbarei (de) f
• Lithuanian: barbarizmas (lt) m
• Malay: barbarisme
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• Norwegian: barbari n
• Romanian: barbarism (ro) n
• Russian: ва́рварство (ru) n (várvarstvo)

condition of existing barbarically

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

error in language use

• Bulgarian: варваризъм m (varvarizǎm)
• Estonian: barbarism (et)
• French: barbarisme (fr) m
• Latvian: barbarisms m
• Lithuanian: barbarizmas (lt) m
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• Romanian: barbarism (ro) n
• Russian: варвари́зм (ru) m (varvarízm)
• Spanish: barbarismo (es) m
• Swedish: barbarism (sv) c
• Ukrainian: варваризм (uk) m (varvaryzm)