Definitions For Barbarianism

Noun

BARBARIANISM. (countable and uncountable, plural BARBARIANISMs) A primitive or simplistic ethos or societal condition; barbarism. : {{ux, en, Some postulate that after a nuclear war, humanity would fall into a state of barbarianism.}} behaviour, behaviour appropriate to a barbarian, that is uncivilized, brutal, or crude. : {{ux, en, The teacher accused the bullies of barbarianism when she caught them taunting the girl in a wheelchair.}}

Synonyms

primitive ethos or societal condition degeneracy, reductionism, savagery, state of nature, simplicity behaviour of a barbarian degeneracy, rudeness, savagery, wildness, unsophistication

Derived terms

{{col-auto, en, semibarbarianism}}

Translations

a primitive, less advanced, or simplistic ethos or societal condition; barbarism, barbarism behaviour appropriate to a barbarian, that is uncivilized, brutal, or crude, barbarism

Etymology

from barbarian + ism.