barbarism
noun
Simple meaning
An error in language use within a single word, such as a mispronunciation.
Pronunciation
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IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈbɑɹbɚɪzəm
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Definition
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noun
A brutal barbarous savage act
The condition of existing barbarically.
A barbaric act.
An error in language use within a single word, such as a mispronunciation.
A word hybridizing Ancient Greek and Latin or other heterogeneous roots.
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This meaning: A brutal barbarous savage act
Used this way, barbarism is a reasonably familiar word with a clearly unfavourable pull. It comes across as direct, sometimes bluntly so.
- Emotional tone
- Negative
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Moderate
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Serious and weighty
- Usage feel
- Blunt and forceful
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Sense: brutal barbarous savage act
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