Meanings
plural barbarisations · alternative barbarization
- countableuncountableAn act which causes people to revert to a state which is primitive and uncivilized.
The superhuman energy that the Bolshevik party displayed in those years, and the sacrifices it was able to elicit from the workers and peasants, saved Soviet power at the cost of economic ruin, immense human suffering, the loss of millions of lives, and the barbarization of society.
1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume II: The Golden Age, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozwój (in Polish), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 480
Synonyms & antonyms
nounan act that makes people primitive and uncivilized
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Translations
Czech barbarizace
- barbarizaceTranslations
French barbarisation
- barbarisationTranslations
German Barbariesierung
- BarbariesierungTranslations
Italian barbarisazione
- barbarisazioneTranslations
Polish barbaryzacja
- barbaryzacjaTranslations
Portuguese barbarização
- barbarizaçãoTranslations
Russian варвариза́ция
- варвариза́ция (varvarizácija)Translations
Spanish barbarización
- barbarizaciónTranslations
Swedish barbarisering
- barbariseringTranslations
Turkish barbarizasyon
- barbarizasyonTranslations
Ukrainian варвариза́ція
- варвариза́ція (varvaryzácija)Translations
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with barbarisation
Cite this entry
barbarisation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/barbarisation
“barbarisation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/barbarisation. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “barbarisation,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/barbarisation.
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