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barbarize
[ bahr-buh-rahyz ]
barbarize
/ ˈbɑːbəˌraɪz /
verb
- to make or become barbarous
- to use barbarisms in (language)
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Derived Forms
- ˌbarbariˈzation, noun
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Other Words From
- barba·ri·zation noun
- de·barba·rize verb (used with object) debarbarized debarbarizing
- un·barba·rize verb (used with object) unbarbarized unbarbarizing
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Word History and Origins
Origin of barbarize1
1635–45; partly < Greek barbarízein, equivalent to bárbar ( os ) barbarian + -izein -ize; partly barbar(ous) + -ize
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Example Sentences
If the most effectual method of degrading woman be to barbarize man, the certain means of dignifying her is to christianize him.
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In this age, poverty tends to barbarize men; it shuts them out from the educational influences of our times.
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This might tend to barbarize, demoralize, and exasperate the whole mass and produce most deplorable consequences.
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He never had a family to de-barbarize, even though he did write very pretty books about 93 the subject.
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