Barbarism

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈbɑː(ɹ)bəɹɪzÉ™m/

Full definition of barbarism

Noun

1. A barbaric act.These barbarisms can not be allowed to continue, they must be crushed or civilization will collapse.
2. The condition of existing barbarically.
• 1879, William Tecumseh Sherman, Address to the Michigan Military AcademyWar is at best barbarism...It's glory is all moonshine.
3. An error in language use within a single word, such as a mispronunciation.
• 2002, Hyman, Bad Grammar in Context, New England Classical Journal, 29, p. 94-101In the jargon of the ancient grammarian, penacilin would be a barbarism.