English Explanatory Dictionary

barbarianism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A primitive or simplistic ethos or societal condition; barbarism.
  2. Behaviour appropriate to a barbarian, that is uncivilized, brutal, or crude.

Word forms

barbarianism barbarianisms

Etymology

From barbarian + -ism.

Synonyms

degeneracy reductionism savagery state of nature simplicity rudeness wildness unsophistication

Derived words

semibarbarianism
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