Definition of Barbarianism

1. Noun. A primitive, less advanced, or simplistic ethos or societal condition; barbarism. ¹

2. Noun. Behaviour appropriate to a barbarian, that is uncivilized, brutal, or crude. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Barbarianism

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Barbarianism

barb
barba
barbacan
barbacanage
barback
barbacks
barbacoa
barbadoes
barbados
barbados cherry
barbal
barbaloin
barbaras
barbaresque
barbarian
barbarianism (current term)
barbarianisms
barbarians
barbaric
barbarically
barbarious
barbariously
barbariousness
barbarisation
barbarisations
barbarise
barbarism
barbarisms
barbarities
barbarity

Literary usage of Barbarianism

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Christian Remembrancer by William Scott (1846)
"The Irish massacre had a cool and deliberate counterpart; and the savage native spirit, shocking as a specimen of ruthless barbarianism, was encountered by ..."

2. Social Destiny of Man, Or, Association and Reorganization of Industry by Albert Brisbane (1840)
"The change or transition from barbarianism to Civilization consists in replacing the sale and seclusion of women in seraglios * If the barbarian asserts ..."

3. The Conflict of Colour: The Threatened Upheaval Throughout the World by Bertram Lenox Simpson (1910)
"The peculiar institutions which have arisen in Europe are due to the fact that this dominant, powerful barbarianism, as it was brought in contact with the ..."

4. La démocratie libérale by Thomas Hodgkin, Etienne Vacherot (1896)
"... of his elder rival, he vibrated to and fro with apparent absence of purpose between Romanism — using the word in a political sense — and barbarianism. ..."

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