barbarism
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbɑː(ɹ)bəɹɪz(ə)m/
- (General American) enPR: bärʹbə-rĭz'm, IPA(key): /ˈbɑɹbəˈɹɪzm̩/
Noun
barbarism (countable and uncountable, plural barbarisms)
- A barbaric act.
- These barbarisms can not be allowed to continue; they must be crushed or civilization will collapse.
- 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.
- 1879, William Tecumseh Sherman, Address to the Michigan Military Academy
- 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.
- 2002, Hyman, Bad Grammar in Context, New England Classical Journal, 29, p. 94-101
Translations
barbaric act
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condition of existing barbarically
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error in language use
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