barbarism
noun /ˈbɑːbərɪzəm/
/ˈbɑːrbərɪzəm/
[uncountable]- a state of not having any education, respect for art, etc.
- the long, slow descent of the Roman Empire into barbarism
- cruel or violent behaviour
- the barbarism of war
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French barbarisme, via Latin from Greek barbarismos, from barbarizein ‘speak like a foreigner’, from barbaros ‘foreign’.