barbarianism

Meanings

nounbarbarianism (countable and uncountable, plural barbarianisms)

countableuncountableA primitive or simplistic ethos or societal condition; barbarism.
Some postulate that after a nuclear war, humanity would fall into a state of barbarianism.
Synonyms: degeneracy, reductionism, savagery, state of nature, simplicity
countableuncountableBehaviour appropriate to a barbarian, that is uncivilized, brutal, or crude.
The teacher accused the bullies of barbarianism when she caught them taunting the girl in a wheelchair.
Synonyms: degeneracy, rudeness, savagery, wildness, unsophistication

nounA primitive or simplistic ethos or societal condition; barbarism.

nounBehaviour appropriate to a barbarian, that is uncivilized, brutal, or crude.

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