barbarianism

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as in barbarism

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  1. barbarism
  2. philistinism
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  • These flashbacks betray where writer-director-cinematographer-editor Tsukamoto’s filmmaking interests really lie, which is in the gruesome recreation of hideous acts of barbarism and cruelty.
    — Jessica Kiang, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Each of these steps can contribute to the normalization of ongoing barbarism or, on the contrary, oppose and halt it.
    — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 28 Aug. 2026
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  • Fascism lives in the upside-down; professional gaslighting features heavily amongst its weaponry, along with the blinking philistinism of the soulless.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 14 June 2026
  • Despite such official philistinism, Proust had already left an enduring mark on Irish letters and would remain a source of literary inspiration for the nation’s writers into the twenty-first century.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Feb. 2026
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