barbarism

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], Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), OCLC 630079698, 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) 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 Romanian: barbarism (ro) n Russian: ва́рварство (ru) n (várvarstvo) 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)

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Romanian

Etymology

From French barbarisme.

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