To make or cause something to become barbarous, crude, or uncivilized; to adopt barbarous practices.
From 'barbarian' plus the verb-forming suffix '-ize' (from Greek '-izein'). This word emerged to describe the process of cultural decline or the adoption of supposedly uncivilized behaviors.
Roman scholars used versions of this word to describe how their own empire was 'barbarianizing' as Germanic tribes migrated into Europe—showing how every culture fears losing its identity!
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