barbarism
noun
a barbarous or uncivilized state or condition.
barbarisms
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pluralof barbarism.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Did/do they really believe they help patients with such barbarisms?
From Scientific American ● May 16, 2012
A big problem for me as a children's football coach, however, is that these cliches and verbal barbarisms are all too often directed at children.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 31, 2011
Whatever he did pales in comparison with the barbarisms of Khomeini.
From Time Magazine Archive
In an address at Harvard University, Secretary of State George Shultz lamented that "the day has not yet arrived when terrorism has taken its place among other vanquished barbarisms of our time."
From Time Magazine Archive
Exercise 76 Substitute for each of the barbarisms in the following list an expression that is in good use.
From Practical Grammar and Composition by Wood, Thomas
