Etymology

barbarianism

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Today it means: A primitive or simplistic ethos or societal condition; barbarism. Full definition →

English barbarian ← Middle English barbarian ← Medieval Latin barbarinus
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  1. Ancient Greekβάρβαρος (bárbaros)
  2. Latinbarbarus
  3. Medieval Latinbarbaria
  4. Medieval Latinbarbarinus
  5. Middle Englishbarbarian
  6. Englishbarbarian
  7. English todaybarbarianism

From barbarian + -ism.

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