Barbarism synonyms and antonyms

bär'bə-rĭz'əm

Category:

tyranny (related)
2
0
misuse
An incorrect, improper or unlawful use of something.
2
1
atrocity
An appalling or atrocious act, situation, or object, especially an act of unusual or illegal cruelty inflicted by an armed force on civilians or prisoners.
1
0
inhumanity (related)
1
0
anarchy (related)
1
0
savagism
The state of being savage; wildness; lack of civilization.
1
1
brutality
The state of being brutal.
0
0
Advertisement
barbarity
A cruel or brutal act
0
0
cruelty (related)
(Law) Willful infliction of physical pain or suffering upon a person or animal, or of mental distress upon a person
0
0
cant
A movement or throw that overturns something.
0
0
catachresis
(Rhetoric) A misapplication or overextension of figurative or analogical description; a wrongly-applied metaphor or trope.
0
0
corruption
The act of corrupting or of impairing integrity, virtue, or moral principle; the state of being corrupted or debased; loss of purity or integrity; depravity; wickedness; impurity; bribery.
0
0
impropriety (of speech)
0
0
outrage
Resentful anger aroused by a violent or offensive act, or an instance of this:
0
0
Advertisement
savageness
The property of being savage or behaving savagely.
0
0
savagery
The condition of being savage, or wild, primitive, uncultivated, etc.
0
0
solecism
Erroneous or improper usage; absurdity.
0
0
vulgarism
A word, phrase, or expression that is used widely but is regarded as nonstandard, unrefined, coarse, or obscene
0
0
kindness (antonym)
The state, quality, or habit of being kind
0
0
praise (antonym)
(Archaic) A reason or basis for praise
0
0
impropriety (related)
An improper or unacceptable usage in speech or writing.
0
0
Advertisement
style (related)
A mode of living:
0
0
benightment
The state or condition of being benighted.
0
0
malaprop
A malapropism.
0
0
vernacularism
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
0
0
totalitarianism (related)
0
0
oppression (related)
0
0
enslavement (related)
0
0
Advertisement
despotism (related)
0
0
depravity (related)
0
0
decadence (related)
0
0
Find another word for barbarism. In this page you can discover 31 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for barbarism, like: tyranny, misuse, atrocity, inhumanity, anarchy, savagism, brutality, barbarity, cruelty, cant and catachresis.
Trending topics
More Articles

Barbarism Sentence Examples

  • As a matter of fact, barbarism did break out after the flower had fallen from Neoplatonism.

  • War is the ultimate barbarism, the primitive belief that fighting determines who is right—but of course it doesn't.

  • He spoke, indeed, bitterly of " the state of barbarism in which the country had been left by the traffic in men."

  • But for the leaven of Christianity and education which had been introduced into the country it would have reverted to a state of barbarism.

  • Passing from the lower savage myths, of which space does not permit us to offer a larger selection, we turn to races in the upper strata of barbarism.

More sentences

Words that mention barbarism in the Dictionary

Words near barbarism in the Thesaurus