BARBARISM

barbarism. Barbarism, n. savageness, ignorance, impropriety of speech, an uncivilized state

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Bar″ba‐rism (bär″bȧ‐rĭz'm), n. [[L. barbarismus, Gr. βαρβαρισμόσ; cf. F. barbarisme.]] 1. 1. An uncivilized state or condition; rudeness of manners; ignorance of arts, learning, and literature; barbarousness. Prescott.
2. 2. A barbarous, cruel, or brutal action; an outrage.
A heinous barbarism . . . against the honor of marriage. Milton. 3. 3. An offense against purity of style or language; any form of speech contrary to the pure idioms of a particular language. See Solecism.
The Greeks were the first that branded a foreign term in any of their writers with the odious name of barbarism. G. Campbell.