English
Noun
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- A primitive, less advanced, or simplistic ethos or societal condition; barbarism.
#:Some postulate that after a nuclear war, humanity would fall into a state of barbarianism.
- behaviour|Behaviour appropriate to a barbarian, that is uncivilized, brutal, or crude.
#:The teacher accused the bullies of barbarianism when she caught them taunting the girl in a wheelchair.
Synonyms
(primitive ethos or societal condition): degeneracy, reductionism, savagery, state of nature, simplicity
(behaviour of a barbarian): degeneracy, rudeness, savagery, wildness, unsophistication
Translations
Finnish: raakalaisuus
ru:barbarianism
vi:barbarianism
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