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Noun
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But the vast majority of us prefer civilization over barbarism, and there’s a value to that.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 Mar. 2026 -
God willing, this legal reckoning will come before Republicans descend into barbarism on the scale of their ideological forebears.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
24 Feb. 2026
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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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“Barbarianism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/barbarianism. Accessed 22 Mar. 2026.
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