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Synonyms for barbarianism

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Rudeness — behaviour appropriate to a barbarian, that is uncivilized, brutal, or crude

rudeness, savagery, barbarism, wildness, unsophistication

2. State of nature — A primitive or simplistic ethos or societal condition; barbarism

state of nature, simplicity, degeneracy, reductionism

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A primitive or simplistic ethos or societal condition; barbarism.

    Some postulate that after a nuclear war, humanity would fall into a state of barbarianism.

  2. n. 2

    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.

Forms

Plural
barbarianisms → rudenesses, savageries, barbarisms, wildnesses…

Example sentences

  • rudeness We cannot put up with their rudeness any longer.
  • savagery I don't tolerate savagery, much less in a country that claims to be democratic.
  • barbarism This is a fight between civilization and barbarism.
  • wildness Oleg kept disappearing in the wildness.
  • simplicity He enjoys the pared-down simplicity of minimalism.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
barbarianismsteady
rudenessrising
savageryrising
barbarismsteady
wildnessrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

8 letters
rudeness2, savagery4, wildness2
9 letters
barbarism4
10 letters
simplicity4, degeneracy5
12 letters
reductionism

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (rudeness2 = 2 syllables).