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1. Oxford Dictionary

   barbarism

   • IPA[ˈbɑːbərɪz(ə)m]

   英式

   • n.
     absence of culture and civilization；a word or expression which is badly formed according to traditional philological rules, e.g. a word formed from elements of different languages, such as breathalyser (English and Greek) or television (Greek and Latin).

   • noun: barbarism, plural noun: barbarisms

2. • 釋義

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. absence of culture and civilization the collapse of civilization and the return to barbarism
   • ▪ a word or expression which is badly formed according to traditional philological rules, e.g. a word formed from elements of different languages, such as breathalyser (English and Greek) or television (Greek and Latin).
   • 2. extreme cruelty or brutality she called the execution an act of barbarism