different between barbarian vs uncivilised
barbarian
English
Etymology
From Middle English barbarian, borrowed from Medieval Latin barbarinus (“Berber, pagan, Saracen, barbarian”), from Latin barbaria (“foreign country”), from barbarus (“foreigner, savage”), from Ancient Greek ???????? (bárbaros, “foreign, non-Greek, strange”), possibly onomatopoeic (mimicking foreign languages, akin to English blah blah). Cognate to Sanskrit ????? (barbara, “barbarian, non-Aryan, stammering, blockhead”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /b??(?).?b??.?i.?n/
- (US) IPA(key): /b??.?b???.i.?n/
- Rhymes: -???i?n
Adjective
barbarian (not comparable)
- Relating to people, countries or customs perceived as uncivilized or inferior.
Synonyms
- barbaric
- barbarous
Translations
Noun
barbarian (plural barbarians)
- (historical) A non-Greek or a non-Roman.
- An uncivilized or uncultured person, originally compared to the hellenistic Greco-Roman civilisation; often associated with fighting or other such shows of strength.
- (derogatory) Someone from a developing country or backward culture.
- A warrior, clad in fur or leather, associated with sword and sorcery stories.
- (derogatory) A person destitute of culture; a Philistine.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of M. Arnold to this entry?)
- A cruel, savage, brutal person; one without pity or humanity.
- 1712, Ambrose Philips, The Distrest Mother
- Thou fell barbarian.
- 1712, Ambrose Philips, The Distrest Mother
- (derogatory) A foreigner, especially with barbaric qualities as in the above definitions.
Synonyms
- (foreigner): alien, outlander, peregrine; see also Thesaurus:foreigner
Translations
Related terms
- barbarism
- barbarity
- barbarize
- rhubarb
- outlander
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uncivilised
English
Etymology
From un- +? civilised
Adjective
uncivilised (comparative more uncivilised, superlative most uncivilised)
- (British spelling) alternative spelling of uncivilized
uncivilised From the web:
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- civilized means
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