barbarism

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

bar·bar·ism [barbarism barbarisms] BrE [ˈbɑːbərɪzəm] NAmE [ˈbɑːrbərɪzəm] noun uncountable
1. a state of not having any education, respect for art, etc
•the long, slow descent of the Roman Empire into barbarism
2. cruel or violent behaviour
•the barbarism of war

Word Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French barbarisme, via Latin from Greek barbarismos, from barbarizein ‘speak like a foreigner’, from barbaros ‘foreign’.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  brutality, barbarity, savagery