Standard Lemma guide

barbarism

noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈbɑː(ɹ)bəɹɪz(ə)m/
  • General-American: bärʹbə-rĭz'm
  • General-American: /ˈbɑɹbəˈɹɪzm̩/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: B AA1 R B ER0 IH2 Z AH0 M Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A barbaric act.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • These barbarisms can not be allowed to continue; they must be crushed or civilization will collapse.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The condition of existing barbarically.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: barbarianism

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A word hybridizing Ancient Greek and Latin or other heterogeneous roots.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

An error in language use within a single word, such as a mispronunciation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

a brutal barbarous savage act

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: brutality, barbarity, savagery

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: atrocity, inhumanity

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

52 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: بربرية — barbaric act
  • Belarusian: ва́рварства (várvarstva) — barbaric act
  • Belarusian: ба́рбарства (bárbarstva) — barbaric act
  • Belarusian: барбары́нства (barbarýnstva) — barbaric act
  • Bulgarian: ва́рварство (várvarstvo) — barbaric act
  • Chinese Mandarin: 殘暴行為 /残暴行为 (cánbào xíngwéi) — barbaric act
  • Czech: barbarství — barbaric act
  • Czech: brutalita — barbaric act
  • Finnish: barbaarius — barbaric act
  • Finnish: raakalaisuus — barbaric act
  • French: barbarisme — barbaric act
  • German: Barbarei — barbaric act
  • Hindi: बर्बरता (barbartā) — barbaric act
  • Hindi: असभ्यता (asabhyatā) — barbaric act
  • Italian: barbarismo — barbaric act
  • Japanese: 野蛮な行為 (yaban na kōi) — barbaric act
  • Kazakh: мәдениетсіздік (mädenietsızdık) — barbaric act
  • Kazakh: жабайылық (jabaiylyq) — barbaric act
  • Lithuanian: barbarizmas — barbaric act
  • Malay: barbarisme — barbaric act
  • Norwegian Bokmål: barbari — barbaric act
  • Polish: barbarzyństwo — barbaric act
  • Portuguese: barbarismo — barbaric act
  • Romanian: barbarism — barbaric act
  • Russian: ва́рварство (várvarstvo) — barbaric act
  • Spanish: barbarismo — barbaric act
  • Ukrainian: ва́рварство (várvarstvo) — barbaric act
  • Czech: barbarství — condition of existing barbarically
  • Finnish: barbarismi — condition of existing barbarically
  • German: Barbarei — condition of existing barbarically
  • Latin: immānitās — condition of existing barbarically
  • Polish: barbarzyństwo — condition of existing barbarically
  • Russian: ва́рварство (várvarstvo) — condition of existing barbarically
  • Scottish Gaelic: brùidealachd — condition of existing barbarically
  • Turkish: barbarlık — condition of existing barbarically
  • Belarusian: варвары́зм (varvarýzm) — error in language use
  • Belarusian: чужасло́ў (čužaslów) — error in language use
  • Belarusian: барбары́зм (barbarýzm) — error in language use
  • Bulgarian: варвари́зъм (varvarízǎm) — error in language use
  • Czech: barbarismus — error in language use
  • Estonian: barbarism — error in language use
  • French: barbarisme — error in language use
  • German: Barbarismus — error in language use
  • Greek: βαρβαρισμός (varvarismós) — error in language use
  • Latvian: barbarisms — error in language use
  • Lithuanian: barbarizmas — error in language use
  • Polish: barbaryzm — error in language use
  • Romanian: barbarism — error in language use
  • Russian: варвари́зм (varvarízm) — error in language use
  • Spanish: barbarismo — error in language use
  • Swedish: barbarism — error in language use
  • Ukrainian: варвари́зм (varvarýzm) — error in language use