barbarism
/ˈbɑːbərɪzəm/noun
mass noun
1
- absence of culture and civilization未开化状态, 野蛮状态：
the collapse of civilization and the return to barbarism.
文明的瓦解和回归野蛮状态。
1.1
- count noun a word or expression which is badly formed according to traditional philological rules, e.g. a word formed from elements of different languages, such as breathalyser (English and Greek) or television (Greek and Latin)不合传统语言学规则的词语（或表达方式）。
2
- extreme cruelty or brutality极端残暴, 野蛮（行径）：
she called the execution an act of barbarism.
她把这次处决称作暴行。
词源
late Middle English: from Old French barbarisme, via Latin from Greek barbarismos, from barbarizein 'speak like a foreigner'， from barbaros 'foreign'.