barbarianism
/bɑrˈbɛriəˌnɪzəm/
noun
- The state or condition of being uncivilized, primitive, or lacking culture.
- The novel explores the thin line between civilization and barbarianism.
- The historian wrote about the gradual decline of the empire into barbarianism.
- Many ancient cultures viewed neighboring groups as examples of barbarianism.
- Cruel, brutal, or savage behavior.
- Acts of barbarianism like torture have no place in a just society.
- The barbarianism of the war shocked people around the world.
- The documentary showed the barbarianism of the ancient gladiator games.
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