Definition
Extreme cruelty or brutality; also means crude or uncivilized behavior, or the use of barbarous words or customs.
Etymology
From Greek barbaros (foreign, rude) plus -ism. Originally meant literally being foreign/barbarian to Greeks. Evolved to mean brutality or savagery around 1600s.
Kelly Says
The word 'barbarian' itself is kind of unfair—Romans used it to describe anyone not Roman, and everyone throughout history called people they didn't understand 'barbarians.' It's basically a word that proves that 'savage' is always about perspective.
Translations
ARالعربية
野蛮ية
na-ba-ni-yah
BNবাংলা
যুদ্ধোপযোগী
yuddho-pojoggee
CACatalà
barbarisme
bar-ba-ri-sme
CSČeština
barbarismus
bar-ba-ri-z-mus
DADansk
barbarisme
bar-ba-ri-sme
DEDeutsch
Barbarismus
bar-ba-ri-s-mus
ELΕλληνικά
βαρβαρότητα
var-ba-ro-ta-ti
ESEspañol
barbarismo
bar-ba-ris-mo
FISuomi
barbarismi
bar-ba-ri-smi
FRFrançais
barbarisme
bar-ba-ris-me
HAHA
barbarism
bar-ba-ris-m
HEעברית
ברבריות
bar-ba-ri-ot
HIहिन्दी
व barbarian
va-bar-bar-i-an
IDBahasa Indonesia
barbarisme
bar-ba-ri-sme
ITItaliano
barbarismo
bar-ba-ris-mo
KKKK
barbarism
bar-ba-ris-m
KMKM
ប្រព្រឹត្ត
pra-prou-t
MRMR
बर्बरता
bar-ba-ra-ta
MSBahasa Melayu
barbarisme
bar-ba-ri-sme
NLNederlands
barbarisme
bar-ba-ri-sme
NONorsk
barbarisme
bar-ba-ri-sme
PLPolski
barbarzyzm
bar-ba-r-zyzm
PTPortuguês
barbarismo
bar-ba-ris-mo
RORomână
barbarism
bar-ba-ris-m
RUРусский
варварство
var-var-stvo
SVSvenska
barbarism
bar-ba-ris-m
SWKiswahili
barbarism
bar-ba-ris-m
TAதமிழ்
பரம்பொருள்
pa-ram-po-rul
THไทย
ป่าเถื่อน
pa-thuean
TLTL
barbarism
bar-ba-ris-m
TRTürkçe
barbarlık
bar-bar-lik
UKУкраїнська
варварство
var-var-stvo
VITiếng Việt
thần thánh hóa
thần thánh hóa
YOYO
barbarism
bar-ba-ris-m
ZUZU
barbarism
bar-ba-ris-m