barbarianize

[ bahr-bair-ee-uh-nahyz ]

verb (used with object),bar·bar·i·an·ized, bar·bar·i·an·iz·ing.

to make barbarian.

Origin of barbarianize

¹

First recorded in 1855–60; barbarian + -ize

Also especially British, bar·bar·i·an·ise .

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