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barbarism

[bahr-buh-riz-uhm] / ˈbɑr bəˌrɪz əm /
NOUN
crudity, savagery, especially in speech
Synonyms
STRONGEST
atrocity barbarity brutality cruelty inhumanity
STRONG
catachresis coarseness corruption impropriety localism malapropism misuse provincialism solecism vulgarism
WEAK
misusage primitive culture uncivilizedness vernacularism vernacularity
Antonyms
STRONGEST
kindness niceness
WEAK
praise

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