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Everything, everything in war is barbaric... But the worst barbarity of war is that it forces men collectively to commit acts against which individually they would revolt with their whole being.
Ellen Key

Meaning of "barbarity" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BARBARITY

barbarity  [bɑːˈbærɪtɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BARBARITY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Barbarity is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BARBARITY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

barbarity

Barbarian

The term "barbarian" refers to a person who is perceived to be uncivilized. The word is often used either in a general reference to member of a nation or ethnos, typically a tribal society as seen by an urban civilization either viewed as inferior, or admired as a noble savage. In idiomatic or figurative usage, a "barbarian" may also be an individual reference to a brutal, cruel, warlike, insensitive person. The term originates from the Greek word βάρβαρος. Hence the Greek idiom "πᾶς μὴ Ἕλλην βάρβαρος" which literally means "whoever is not Greek is a barbarian". In ancient times, Greeks used it mostly for people of different cultures, but there are examples where one Greek city or state would use the word to attack another; in the early modern period and sometimes later, Greeks used it for the Turks, in a clearly pejorative way. Comparable notions are found in non-European civilizations, notably China and Japan. In the Roman Empire, Romans used the word "barbarian" for many people, such as the Berbers, Germanics, Celts, Carthaginians, Iberians, Thracians and Persians.

Definition of barbarity in the English dictionary

The first definition of barbarity in the dictionary is the state or condition of being barbaric or barbarous. Other definition of barbarity is a brutal or vicious act. Barbarity is also a crude or unsophisticated quality, style, expression, etc.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BARBARITY


charity
ˈtʃærɪtɪ
circularity
ˌsɜːkjʊˈlærɪtɪ
clarity
ˈklærɪtɪ
disparity
dɪˈspærɪtɪ
familiarity
fəˌmɪlɪˈærɪtɪ
granularity
ˌɡrænjʊˈlærɪtɪ
hilarity
hɪˈlærɪtɪ
irregularity
ɪˌrɛɡjʊˈlærɪtɪ
linearity
ˌlɪnɪˈærɪtɪ
modularity
ˌmɒdjʊˈlærɪtɪ
molarity
mɒˈlærɪtɪ
nonlinearity
ˌnɒnˌlɪnɪˈærɪtɪ
parity
ˈpærɪtɪ
polarity
pəʊˈlærɪtɪ
popularity
ˌpɒpjʊˈlærɪtɪ
regularity
ˌrɛɡjʊˈlærɪtɪ
singularity
ˌsɪŋɡjʊˈlærɪtɪ
solidarity
ˌsɒlɪˈdærɪtɪ
unfamiliarity
ˌʌnfəmɪlɪˈærɪtɪ
vulgarity
vʌlˈɡærɪtɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BARBARITY

barbal
barbaresque
barbarian
barbarianism
barbaric
barbarically
barbarisation
barbarise
barbarism
barbarities
barbarization
barbarize
Barbarossa
barbarous
barbarously
barbarousness

WORDS THAT END LIKE BARBARITY

angularity
authority
bipolarity
capillarity
cellularity
collinearity
complementarity
dissimilarity
insularity
interdisciplinarity
multicollinearity
muscularity
negative polarity
osmolarity
particularity
peculiarity
rarity
registered charity
similarity
subsidiarity
vascularity

Synonyms and antonyms of barbarity in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «BARBARITY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «barbarity» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of barbarity

Translation of «barbarity» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BARBARITY

Find out the translation of barbarity to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of barbarity from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «barbarity» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

野蛮
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

barbarie
570 millions of speakers

English

barbarity
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बर्बरता
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الهمجية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

варварство
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

barbárie
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বর্বরতা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

barbarie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kebodohan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Barbarei
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

野蛮
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

야만
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Barbaritas
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

vô nhân đạo
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

காட்டுமிராண்டித்தனம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

रानटीपणा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

barbarlık
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

barbarie
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

barbarzyństwo
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

варварство
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

barbarie
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

βαρβαρότητα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

barbaarsheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

barbari
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

barbari
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of barbarity

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BARBARITY»

The term «barbarity» is normally little used and occupies the 112.634 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BARBARITY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «barbarity» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «barbarity» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about barbarity

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7 QUOTES WITH «BARBARITY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word barbarity.
1
Mahmoud Darwish
Against barbarity, poetry can resist only by confirming its attachment to human fragility like a blade of grass growing on a wall while armies march by.
2
Theophile Gautier
Sooner barbarity than boredom.
3
Richard Hughes
Do your bit to save humanity from lapsing back into barbarity by reading all the novels you can.
4
Ellen Key
Everything, everything in war is barbaric... But the worst barbarity of war is that it forces men collectively to commit acts against which individually they would revolt with their whole being.
5
Pierre Schaeffer
The only hope is that our civilization will collapse at a certain point, as always happens in history. Then, out of barbarity, a renaissance.
6
William Tecumseh Sherman
If the people raise a great howl against my barbarity and cruelty, I will answer that war is war, and not popularity seeking.
7
Ida B. Wells
Although lynchings have steadily increased in number and barbarity during the last twenty years, there has been no single effort put forth by the many moral and philanthropic forces of the country to put a stop to this wholesale slaughter.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BARBARITY»

Discover the use of barbarity in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to barbarity and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Where Is God?: Earthquake, Terrorism, Barbarity, And Hope
"Jon Sobrino's latest book takes its starting point from tragedy and violence: a devastating earthquake in El Salvador, the terrorist attacks of September 11, the subsequent bombing of Afghanistan, and the war in Iraq.
Jon Sobrino, 2004
2
Civilization and Barbarity in Twentieth Century Europe
Clarity of exposition makes the book ideal not only for scholars but for the lay reader as well.
Gabriel Jackson, 1999
3
Discourse on Civility and Barbarity
This book analyses the development of different meanings of the term 'religion' in different contexts and in relation to other categories with shifting and unstable nuances such as the state, politics, economics, and the secular.
Timothy Fitzgerald, 2010
4
Warrior's Dishonour: Barbarity, Morality and Torture in ...
What turns friends and neighbours against each other with such savagery? Where does such barbarity come from? This collection examines the anarchy, cruelty and overwhelming confusion of modern warfare.
Dr George Kassimeris, 2013
5
Western European and British Barbarity, Savagery, and ...
In my subulation on this point of the quotation, it is necessary to highlight by way of remembering that barbarity, savagery, and brutality were ubiquitous on the plantations during the transatlantic chattel slave trade in Africans in the West Indies, ...
Dr. Robinson A. Milwood, Phd, 2013
6
Lady Barbarity a Romantic Comedy
Containing many classic works from important dramatists and poets, this collection has something for every lover of the stage and verse. ++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this ...
John Collis Snaith, 2011
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The Age of Elizabeth in the Age of Johnson
Studied. barbarity: Jonson,. Spenser,. and. the. idea. of. progress. The early eighteenth century was proud of its poetry, and convinced of its superiority to what came before it. In place of rude stories in faltering meter, Pope's readers had ...
John T. Lynch, 2003
8
A Narrative of the Sufferings of Massy Harbison, from Indian ...
Title: A Narrative of the Sufferings of Massy Harbison, From Indian Barbarity: Giving an Account of Her Captivity, the Murder of Her Two Children, Her Escape, With an Infant at Her Breast Publisher: Beaver [Pa.]: Printed by Wm. Henry ...
Massy Harbison, 2010
9
A Narrative of the Sufferings of Massy Harbison, from Indian ...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Massy Harbison, John Winter, 2011
10
Barbarity: Subalternity and Modernity in Frankenstein and ...
Offers a perspective of the subaltern in relation to the hegemonic power structure. Examines the creation of the subaltern by the European colonizers in relation to these novels.
Anjan Basu, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BARBARITY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term barbarity is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Barbra Streisand Signs on to Support Efforts to Stop Dog Meat Trade …
I would like to join with Humane Society International in its effort to draw world attention to the barbarity of an annual festival in China ... «HSUS News, Jul 15»
2
Man of the people: Sunday World's Jim McDowell steps down …
What we try to do is open a window to show people the barbarity of terrorism and the consequences of crime," he said. "I have always regarded ... «Belfast Telegraph, Jul 15»
3
RUSI - To Defeat Daesh Start with Their Strategy
Similarly, its brand, though tarnished in the eyes of Western audience, horrified at the multitude of examples of severe brutality and barbarity ... «RUSI Analysis, Jul 15»
4
CARICOM letting UN take lead in resolving Haiti-Dominican …
... who stated: “We cannot condone behaviour that, in our view, enshrines barbarity into the constitutional practices of the Dominican Republic.”. «Curacao Chronicle, Jul 15»
5
allAfrica.com: South Africa: Brics Will Herald a New Global Order
Its actions of late, not to mention the barbarity of the slave trade and the World Wars of the last century, prove that it does not value human life, ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
6
Human Rights in Venezuela v. America - The Peoples Voice
Millions of victims attest to its barbarity - besides how ruthlessly it treats people worldwide, an unmatched record of savagery on a global scale. «The People's Voice, Jul 15»
7
I am a Muslim and I am angry | Mareeg Media
It infuriates me that I have to justify my religion and myself to the non-Muslim world in the wake of such barbarity by individuals with no obvious ... «Mareeg Media, Jul 15»
8
Highlights of Maryam Rajavi's remarks: Democratic Islam vs …
This horrific act of barbarity shocked the world, prompting Amnesty International to say that this ruthless and vicious punishment reflects the ... «Iran News Update, Jul 15»
9
Life for British Muslims since 7/7 – abuse, suspicion and constant …
FGM – I realise that recently the MCB has come out against this criminal barbarity but IN THE UK, almost all the cases will be occurring in ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
10
Abandon 'recent-ism' in fighting ISIS | Opinion , Commentary | THE …
Al-Qaeda in Iraq was particularly violent, and other groups have shown equal appetite for high-definition, filmed barbarity. Al-Qaeda affiliates in ... «The Daily Star, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Barbarity [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/barbarity>. Apr 2024 ».
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