Concept cluster: Negative qualities > Barbarism
n
The state of being addicted; devotion; inclination.
adj
In the behaviour of an animal savage; untamed.
n
A dictionary of linguistic barbarisms; a book describing how not to write in a given language.
n
(countable) An instance of such a crime
adj
barbaric in form or style
n
A primitive or simplistic ethos or societal condition; barbarism.
adj
of or relating to a barbarian; uncivilized, uncultured or uncouth
adj
Alternative form of barbaric [of or relating to a barbarian; uncivilized, uncultured or uncouth]
n
The formation of a barbarian society
adj
(dated, before 20th century, now literary) barbarous, barbaric.
n
An act which causes people to revert to a state which is primitive and uncivilized.
v
Alternative form of barbarize [(transitive) To cause to become savage or uncultured.]
n
A word hybridizing Ancient Greek and Latin or other heterogeneous roots.
n
(countable) A barbaric act
n
Alternative form of barbarisation [An act which causes people to revert to a state which is primitive and uncivilized.]
v
(intransitive) To become savage or uncultured.
adj
Uncivilized, uncultured.
adj
(Philippines) uncouth; unrefined
v
to make like a beast
n
(idiomatic) A nonconformist; an unusual or unconventional person, who may be rejected or disdained by others for this reason.
n
An uncultured person.
adj
(informal, sometimes derogatory, of a person) Sheltered; uncultured.
n
(law, countable, uncountable) Murder that is the result of an act which is dangerous to others and shows that the perpetrator has a depraved mind and no regard for human life.
n
The state of being a eunuch.
n
Undomesticated animals; wild beasts.
adj
Wild, untamed.
n
The state of being fey or doomed.
n
The state, quality, or condition of being a fiend.
n
The state or condition of being a fogey
adv
For the purpose of committing homicide.
n
(rare) The state of being a killer; the body of skills and personal traits required to be a killer.
adj
Alternative spelling of low-born [Born in a family of low status.]
n
A small gesture or other minor treatment that discriminates against an individual.
adj
(archaic) Mixed with barbarous elements.
n
(Roman Catholicism, theology) A sin which causes the loss of God's grace, leading to eternal damnation, unless the sinner repents, which includes their intent to confess and atone; such a sin is defined as a transgression against one of the Ten Commandments with the full knowledge and deliberate consent of the sinner.
n
(derogatory) A particularly trivial microaggression.
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a pariah.
n
An easy and pleasant life; a self-indulgent or hedonistic life; such a life that leads to damnation.
n
The state or quality of being a puppet.
n
An act which causes people revert again to a state which is primitive and uncivilized.
adj
Barbaric; not civilized.
n
Savages collectively; the world of savages.
n
The condition of being a sinner.
adj
(idiomatic) Politically incorrect.
n
The state, quality, or condition of a thief; thiefdom
adj
Used to describe behaviours deemed savage or inappropriate.
adj
(obsolete) Rustic, rude, boorish; countrified, unsophisticated, or uncivilized.
n
The quality of being vernacular.
n
The quality of being vernal or spring-like.
n
Alternative form of villeinage [The state of being a villein.]
n
Alternative form of villeinage [The state of being a villein.]
adj
(obsolete) Of or pertaining to the uneducated masses.
n
The vernacular tongue or common language of a country.
v
To make commonplace, lewd, or vulgar.
n
The state or condition of a wannabe.
n
(sociology) A range of defensive behaviours supposedly exhibited by white people in response to challenges to the unstable racial situation that gives them social privileges.
adj
(poetic) Not cultivated or tame; wild.
adj
Obsolete spelling of wild [Untamed; not domesticated; specifically, in an unbroken line of undomesticated animals (as opposed to feral, referring to undomesticated animals whose ancestors were domesticated).]

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