barbarism
- IPA[ˈbärbəˌrizəm]
美式
- absence of culture and civilization；a word or expression that is badly formed according to traditional philological rules, for example a word formed from elements of different languages, such as breathalyzer (English and Greek) or television (Greek and Latin).
noun: barbarism, plural noun: barbarisms
- 釋義
名詞
- 1. absence of culture and civilization the collapse of civilization and the return to barbarism
- ▪ a word or expression that is badly formed according to traditional philological rules, for example a word formed from elements of different languages, such as breathalyzer (English and Greek) or television (Greek and Latin).
- 2. extreme cruelty or brutality she called the execution an act of barbarism barbarisms from the country's past
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- IPA[ˈbɑːbərɪz(ə)m]
英式
- absence of culture and civilization: the collapse of civilization and the return to barbarism
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