barbarism

Word family

1. BAD BEHAVIOUR OR ACTIONSextremely violent and cruel behaviour 残暴的行为，粗野的举止

2 a situation in which people have no respect for civilized things such as art and culture 野蛮，未开化

cultural barbarism

文化荒漠

Examples from the Corpus

barbarism• Whitney, the butcher, who was feared for his savagery and barbarism.• Each side exaggerated and widely publicized the acts of barbarism and cruelty committed by the opponent.• In its new sense, civilization meant broadly the opposite of barbarism.• There may be a moral here: perhaps we need a touch of barbarism to secure civilisation.• Gradually the prevailing barbarism was tempered.• All suffer and all demonstrate the barbarism of the conflict.

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BNC: 20386 COCA: 20542

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