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The government was trying to send a warning, but the barbarism of the public execution appalled even the most jaded tabloids. — CBS News, ""The Last Pirate of New York": One of the most sensational murder hunts in American history," 29 June 2019 Why would a state record its barbarism, even if its rulers never imagined that the photographs would be disseminated? — Susie Linfield, The New York Review of Books, "Syria’s Torture Photos: Witness to Atrocity," 9 Feb. 2019 What seems inarguable, however, is the barbarism of a policy that for nearly four decades restricted Chinese families from having more than one child. — Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times, "Review: ‘One Child Nation’ is a powerful, painful look at impact of China’s one-child policy," 7 Aug. 2019 What seems inarguable, however, is the barbarism of a policy that for nearly four decades restricted Chinese families from having more than one child. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "Review: ‘One Child Nation’ is a powerful, painful look at impact of China’s policy," 15 Aug. 2019 The magnitude of her loss, at this moment in our descent into barbarism, is incalculable. — Philip Kennicott, chicagotribune.com, "Obituaries are the only redemptive news anymore," 8 Aug. 2019 The shooting of two Nicaraguan university students in Managua’s Church of the Divine Mercy last week was a stunning act of barbarism even by the standards of strongman Daniel Ortega. — The Editorial Board, WSJ, "Ortega’s Reign of Terror," 20 July 2018 Many outsiders view the killing of a marine mammal as an act of barbarism, and Arctic communities don’t take kindly to being told that their only source of local food is immoral and off-limits. — Eva Holland, Smithsonian, "Where the Doomed, Beloved Polar Bear Is Still a Dangerous Predator," 16 May 2018 In the capital, Jakarta, the Indonesian Church Association strongly condemned this act of barbarism. — Kate Leaver, Teen Vogue, "At Least 13 People Are Dead After a Family of 6 Allegedly Bombed 3 Churches in Indonesia," 14 May 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'barbarism.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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