rebarbarization

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noun

An act which causes people revert again to a state which is primitive and uncivilized.

OriginEnglish barbarization ← Middle English re- ← Old French re- →
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Meanings

nounrebarbarization (uncountable)
  1. uncountableAn act which causes people revert again to a state which is primitive and uncivilized.

    History is a process of rebarbarization.

    1917, Will Durant, Philosophy and the Social Problem, The Macmillan company, page 5

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Englishbarbarization
  7. Englishrebarbarization

From re- + barbarization.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with rebarbarization

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APA

rebarbarization. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rebarbarization

MLA

“rebarbarization.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rebarbarization. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rebarbarization,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rebarbarization.

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