Barbarism synonyms
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savagism
The state of being savage; wildness; lack of civilization.
The quality or condition of being inhuman or inhumane
A cruel or brutal act
cruelty (related)
(Law) Willful infliction of physical pain or suffering upon a person or animal, or of mental distress upon a person
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.
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catachresis
(Rhetoric) A misapplication or overextension of figurative or analogical description; a wrongly-applied metaphor or trope.
impropriety (of speech)
Resentful anger aroused by a violent or offensive act, or an instance of this:
The condition of being savage, or wild, primitive, uncultivated, etc.
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A word, phrase, or expression that is used widely but is regarded as nonstandard, unrefined, coarse, or obscene
kindness (antonym)
The state, quality, or habit of being kind
praise (antonym)
(Archaic) A reason or basis for praise
impropriety (related)
An improper or unacceptable usage in speech or writing.
style (related)
A mode of living:
malaprop
A malapropism.
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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
tyranny (related)
totalitarianism (related)
oppression (related)
enslavement (related)
despotism (related)
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depravity (related)
anarchy (related)
decadence (related)
Find another word for barbarism. In this page you can discover 31 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for barbarism, like: misuse, savagism, inhumanity, brutality, barbarity, cruelty, atrocity, cant, catachresis, corruption and impropriety (of speech).
