barbarism

Plural: barbarisms

Noun

• a brutal barbarous savage act
• A barbaric act.
• The condition of existing barbarically.
• A word hybridizing Ancient Greek and Latin or other heterogeneous roots.
• An error in language use within a single word, such as a mispronunciation.

Examples

• These barbarisms can not be allowed to continue; they must be crushed or civilization will collapse.

Synonyms

barbarity, brutality, savagery