noun🔗ShareA barbaric act."These barbarisms can not be allowed to continue; they must be crushed or civilization will collapse."actioninhumanwarsocietyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareThe condition of existing barbarically."The teacher explained that the new community, lacking proper infrastructure and laws, was unfortunately marked by barbarisms such as widespread theft and violence. "cultureconditionsocietyinhumanhistoryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA word hybridizing Ancient Greek and Latin or other heterogeneous roots."The professor warned against using linguistic barbarisms like "televisium" (combining Greek "tele" and Latin "visium") in formal writing. "languagewordlinguisticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareAn error in language use within a single word, such as a mispronunciation."Her speech teacher corrected her frequently, pointing out the numerous barbarisms like pronouncing "escape" as "excape." "languagegrammarwordlinguisticsphoneticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
