Look up: Barbarism

1. Barbarism
   Bar'ba·rism (bär'bȧ*rĭz'm) noun [ Latin barbarismus , Greek barbarismo`s ; confer French barbarisme .] 1. An uncivilized state or condition; rudeness of manners; ignorance of arts, learning, and literature...
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2. Barbarism
   • (n.) A barbarous, cruel, or brutal action; an outrage. • (n.) An uncivilized state or condition; rudeness of manners; ignorance of arts, learning, and literature; barbarousness. • (n.) An offense against purity of style or language; any form of speech contrary to the pure idioms of ...
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3. barbarism
   barbarism 1. An act, trait, or custom characterized by ignorance or crudity. 2. The use of words, forms, or expressions considered incorrect or unacceptable; a specific word, form, or expression so used. Barbarism versus barbarity There is a significant difference in meaning between barbarism and...
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4. Barbarism
   (linguistics) `Barbarism` refers to a non-standard word, expression or pronunciation in a language, particularly one prescriptively regarded as an error in morphology, while a solecism is something prescriptively regarded as an error in syntax. The term is used mainly for the written l...
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