barbarize
[ bahr-buh-rahyz ]
verb (used with object),bar·ba·rized, bar·ba·riz·ing.
to make barbarous; brutalize; corrupt: foreign influences barbarizing the Latin language.
verb (used without object),bar·ba·rized, bar·ba·riz·ing.
to become barbarous; lapse into barbarism.
to use barbarisms in speaking or writing.
Origin of barbarize
11635–45; partly <Greek barbarízein, equivalent to bárbar(os) barbarian + -izein-ize; partly barbar(ous) + -ize
- Also especially British, bar·ba·rise .
Other words from barbarize
- bar·ba·ri·za·tion, noun
- de·bar·ba·rize, verb (used with object), de·bar·ba·rized, de·bar·ba·riz·ing.
- un·bar·ba·rize, verb (used with object), un·bar·ba·rized, un·bar·ba·riz·ing.
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How to use barbarize in a sentence
And side by side with the barbarization of the army goes the barbarization of civil manners too.
Medieval People | Eileen Edna Power
British Dictionary definitions for barbarize
barbarize
barbarise
/ (ˈbɑːbəˌraɪz) /
verb
to make or become barbarous
to use barbarisms in (language)
Derived forms of barbarize
- barbarization or barbarisation, noun
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