Barbarian (Adjective)
Meaning
Without civilizing influences; "barbarian invaders"; "barbaric practices"; "a savage people"; "fighting is crude and uncivilized especially if the weapons are efficient"-Margaret Meade; "wild tribes".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The country was left in a state of barbarian chaos after the war, with no functioning government or laws.
- The tribe's barbarian traditions had been eroded by centuries of contact with outsiders, leaving only faint echoes of their former way of life.
- Critics of the new policy argue that it sanctions barbarian practices that are a relic of a bygone era.
- The explorer's encounter with the island's barbarian inhabitants was a terrifying one, marked by ritualistic dances and human sacrifices.
- Historians often portray the Mongol horde as barbarian invaders, with little appreciation for the sophisticated culture they actually possessed.