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Noun: barbarism  'baa(r)-bu,ri-zum
  1. A barbarous, cruel, or savage act
    "the people slowly progressed from barbarism to civilization";
    - brutality, barbarity, savagery

Derived forms: barbarisms

Type of: atrocity, inhumanity

Encyclopedia: Barbarism

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