Definition
Confusion arising from people speaking different languages or a state of linguistic disorder and chaos.
Etymology
From Babel (the biblical tower where God confused human languages) plus -ism (a system or condition). The term references the story from the Book of Genesis where all people suddenly spoke different languages, creating confusion.
Kelly Says
The Tower of Babel story has inspired the word 'babelism' to describe any chaotic situation where people can't understand each other—companies actually use 'Babel fish' technology (named after this concept) to try to solve modern communication problems across languages.
Translations
ARالعربية
بابلية
ba-be-li-ya
BNবাংলা
ব্যাবলিক
ba-ya-bi-lik
CACatalà
babilònic
ba-bi-lo-nik
CSČeština
babylonský
ba-bi-lo-n-ski
DADansk
babylonisme
ba-bi-lo-ni-sme
DEDeutsch
Babelismus
bah-be-li-zus
ELΕλληνικά
βαβυλωνιακισμός
va-vi-lo-ni-a-ki-smoh
ESEspañol
babilismo
bah-beh-lis-moh
FISuomi
babelismi
ba-be-li-smi
FRFrançais
babélisme
bah-be-li-sme
HEעברית
בבליזם
ba-ve-li-zm
HIहिन्दी
बैबलिक
ba-i-ba-lik
HUMagyar
babiloni
ba-bi-lo-ni
IDBahasa Indonesia
babilonia
ba-bi-lo-ni-a
ITItaliano
babelismo
ba-be-li-smo
JA日本語
バベル主義
ba-ber-shu-gi
MSBahasa Melayu
babilon
ba-bi-lon
MYမြန်မာ
ဗဘီလုန်
ba-bi-lo-n
NLNederlands
babelisme
bah-be-li-sme
NONorsk
babylonisme
ba-bi-lo-ni-sme
PLPolski
babelizm
ba-be-lizm
PTPortuguês
babelismo
bah-beh-lis-moh
RORomână
babilonism
ba-bi-lo-ni-zm
RUРусский
бабелизм
bah-be-li-zm
SVSvenska
babylonism
ba-bi-lo-nizm
SWKiswahili
babiloni
ba-bi-lo-ni
TAதமிழ்
பபிலோனியம்
pa-bi-lo-ni-yam
TEతెలుగు
బాబిలోని
ba-bi-lo-ni
THไทย
ศาสนาบาบิโลน
sa-san ba-bi-lo-n
TRTürkçe
babilcilik
bah-bil-chi-lik
UKУкраїнська
бабілонщизна
ba-bi-lo-n-shchyna
VITiếng Việt
babel
bah-bel
ZUZU
Babiloni
ba-bi-lo-ni