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Although mid-twentieth-century Latin America offered a safe haven from European barbarisms, the conservative Roman Catholic societies of the region were hardly free from anti-Semitism.
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Claudio Lomnitz, Foreign Affairs, 19 Oct. 2021
The man talks about the calm environs as necessary to counter the war’s fundamental inhumanity, but Rosie protests that interjecting a measure of luxury into that pattern of barbarism is like interrupting Gene Krupa in the middle of a drum solo.
—Chris Klimek, Vulture, 23 Feb. 2024
Netanyahu castigated the protestors as siding with the Hamas terrorists who murdered innocent Israelis and committed acts of barbarism such as rape.
—Eric Cortellessa, TIME, 25 July 2024
This barbarism is why countries and territories continue to ban them, stores are discontinuing their sales and various entities no longer use them.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 14 July 2024
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Claudio Lomnitz, Foreign Affairs, 19 Oct. 2021
The man talks about the calm environs as necessary to counter the war’s fundamental inhumanity, but Rosie protests that interjecting a measure of luxury into that pattern of barbarism is like interrupting Gene Krupa in the middle of a drum solo.
—Chris Klimek, Vulture, 23 Feb. 2024
Netanyahu castigated the protestors as siding with the Hamas terrorists who murdered innocent Israelis and committed acts of barbarism such as rape.
—Eric Cortellessa, TIME, 25 July 2024
This barbarism is why countries and territories continue to ban them, stores are discontinuing their sales and various entities no longer use them.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 14 July 2024
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“Barbarism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/barbarism. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.
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