| 单词 | relic of barbarism |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrelic of barbarism relic of barbarism: a condition or practice which survives from, or is a reminder of, a period characterized by brutality or an absence of culture and civilization. ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > [noun] > long duration or lasting through time > something that remains > reminder of bad times relic of barbarism1607 1607 B. Jonson Volpone Ep. Ded. sig. ¶3 To see..those antique reliques of Barbarisme retriu'd, with all other ridiculous, and exploded follies. 1751 Constantia II. 72 I esteem it the characteristic of barbarous nations, and so far as it any where remains a relic of barbarism. 1817 Lit. Gaz. 31 May 290/2 They still retain that relic of barbarism, the wearing ear-rings. 1852 Harper's Mag. Dec. 126/2 Railing against the church, against society, against institutions, against ‘relics of barbarisms’. 1921 T. Wolfe Let. 2 Sept. (1956) 16 This ‘point system’ of selecting teachers is a relic of barbarism. 1996 Jrnl. Amer. Hist. 83 822 In contrast to the struggle against slavery, the other relic of barbarism, the war against polygamy was relatively bloodless. < as lemmas |
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