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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
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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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And now creative events like the various fair demonstrations and exhibits bring the problem of illiteracy into public spaces and help remove the stigma surrounding it.—
Catharine Kaufman,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 May 2026
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Integrity Children's Fund is a nonprofit organization that aims to reduce illiteracy among Jamaican and immigrant children by providing educational resources to underprivileged schools, according to the organization's official website.—
Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
18 May 2026
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From this follow both the political dimension and a certain form of ignorance as to the source of so much unhappiness—and not only on the family front.—
Nina Mesfin,
New Yorker,
7 June 2026
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Imperfect measurement is not an argument for embracing ignorance.—
James Broughel,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2026
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“Barbarism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/barbarism. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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