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Recent Examples of barbarism
The Ghoul, who takes a serum to help retain his human memories, hasn’t found salvation or satisfaction in his barbarism, just more pain.
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Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 5 Feb. 2026
The space between simple awareness and true understanding is narrow but chasmic — small enough to walk around but deep enough to contain so much of the worst barbarism this world has ever produced.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 27 Jan. 2026
The West promises an alternative to the barbarism of Bucha; its liberal variant emerged not so much against Russia as through pained efforts to create European unity in the shadow of Nazi Germany and under the threat of Soviet expansion.
—John Connelly, The New York Review of Books, 18 Dec. 2025
Similar analyses, whether from Simone Weil or Aimé Césaire, ought to have discouraged a relaxed conscience among the victors of the Second World War and opened up a broader inquiry into the barbarism inherent in political and economic modernity.
—Victor J. Blue, Harpers Magazine, 23 Nov. 2025
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Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 5 Feb. 2026
The space between simple awareness and true understanding is narrow but chasmic — small enough to walk around but deep enough to contain so much of the worst barbarism this world has ever produced.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 27 Jan. 2026
The West promises an alternative to the barbarism of Bucha; its liberal variant emerged not so much against Russia as through pained efforts to create European unity in the shadow of Nazi Germany and under the threat of Soviet expansion.
—John Connelly, The New York Review of Books, 18 Dec. 2025
Similar analyses, whether from Simone Weil or Aimé Césaire, ought to have discouraged a relaxed conscience among the victors of the Second World War and opened up a broader inquiry into the barbarism inherent in political and economic modernity.
—Victor J. Blue, Harpers Magazine, 23 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for barbarism
Noun
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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
Noun
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Rabat has also been credited with empowering local women and youth through reading and fighting illiteracy, especially among underserved communities.—
Connor Sturges,
Condé Nast Traveler,
27 Apr. 2026
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An early example was Radio Sutatenza, launched in 1947 by a Catholic priest hoping to combat illiteracy in rural communities of Colombia; the local effort eventually expanded to provide a variety of educational programming across a national network.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
23 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The failure of so many people to understand the basic facts about marginal tax rates is one of those little pockets of ignorance that manufacture Republican voters.—
Business Columnist,
Los Angeles Times,
6 May 2026
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Advertisement Maybe ignorance really can be bliss.—
Shannon Carlin,
Time,
6 May 2026
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“Barbarism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/barbarism. Accessed 18 May. 2026.
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