Definitions For Barbarianism

Noun

BARBARIANISM. (countable and uncountable, plural BARBARIANISMs) A primitive or simplistic ethos or societal condition; barbarism. : Some postulate that after a nuclear war, humanity would fall into a state of barbarianism. behaviour, behaviour appropriate to a barbarian, that is uncivilized, brutal, or crude. : The teacher accused the bullies of barbarianism when she caught them taunting the girl in a wheelchair.

Synonyms

primitive ethos or societal condition degeneracy, reductionism, savagery, state of nature, simplicity behaviour of a barbarian degeneracy, rudeness, savagery, wildness, unsophistication

Translations

a primitive, less advanced, or simplistic ethos or societal condition; barbarism, barbarism behaviour appropriate to a barbarian, that is uncivilized, brutal, or crude, barbarism

Etymology

barbarian + ism

Is Barbarianism a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
18
Words with Friends
22

The word Barbarianism is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 22 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Barbarianism in a Sentence

  • People who were regarded as barbarian by the ancient Romans

Antonyms for Barbarianism

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