barbarism
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
barbarism
- A barbaric act.
- These barbarisms can not be allowed to continue; they must be crushed or civilization will collapse.
- The condition of existing barbarically.
- A word hybridizing Ancient Greek and Latin or other heterogeneous roots.
- 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. 94-101
- In the jargon of the ancient grammarian, penacilin would be a barbarism.
- 2002, Hyman, Bad Grammar in Context, New England Classical Journal, 29, p. 94-101
- German: Barbarei
- Russian: ва́рварство
- German: Barbarei
- Russian: ва́рварство
- French: barbarisme
- Russian: варвари́зм
- Spanish: barbarismo
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