noun
barbarism
BAR-buh-riz-um/ˈbɑːrbərɪzəm/
Conduct judged uncivilized or brutal.
Smashing the crafted instrument is an act of barbarism.
Etymology
The practice of speaking as a foreigner supplied the original language-focused meaning: speech departing from accepted usage. English extended this idea to an uncivilized or rude condition, producing the broader behavioral sense.
In context
what people in the world would accept an occupation with of this barbarism in this duration and uh hundreds of palestinians were injured in those clashes
More examples
- Witnesses described the massacre as sheer barbarism.
- The essay challenges the boundary between civilization and barbarism.
- They refused to excuse such barbarism as a wartime necessity.
Forms
barbarism · barbarisms
Similar words
- brutality
- Emphasizes cruel force rather than supposed lack of civilization.
- savagery
- Often stresses extreme uncontrolled violence.