Barbarism

Creative Representation

Barbarism

Found in this sentence-"The Guernica massacre also committed a kind of trial against a people that lacked strategic importance, and inspired the artist Pablo Picasso to create a work that like no other symbolizes the horror and barbarism of war in the 20th century."

Guessed Definition: Very Brutal

Actual Definition: Extreme cruelty or Brutality | Absence of culture and civilization

Sentence Definition: When one discusses barbarism, they are usually calling attention to the violence or brutalism of something.

Model Sentences

Lakhimpur Kheri killings highlight the barbarism lurking in Indian society. - https://www.dailyadvent.com/news/55e6deb008bf19fc6edd94edd55cb3ec-Readers-comments-Lakhimpur-Kheri-killings-highlight-the-barbarism-lurking-in-Indian-society

To this day, the “Holocaust of Arkadi” remains a universal symbol of self-sacrifice for freedom in the face of barbarism, while filling another page in the glorious history of Greece. - https://greekreporter.com/2021/11/09/how-arkadi-became-a-universal-symbol-of-self-sacrifice-for-freedom/

The speakers said that the Bharatiya Janata Party government led by Narendra Modi had unleashed oppression and barbarism against the unarmed civilians in the occupied territory. - https://www.kmsnews.org/kms/2021/12/03/anti-india-protest-rally-in-muzaffarabad-2.html

Etymology

Prefix- Barbar - Foreign

Suffix- Ism - Quality of Being

Etymological Definition

Quality of being Foreign

Word Story

Barbarism originates from Greek and Latin. Barbaros means foreign or unknown in greek and latin. The Roman invaders were referred to as barbarian, meaning foreigners. Because of this, the word became associated with cruelty or lack of civilization.

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