barbarian
[noun]
Synonyms:
- savage, brute, yahoo
- lout, bigot, boor, philistine

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Antonyms: civilized
Contrasted words: gentle, peaceful, subdued, submissive, tame, cultured, enlightened, humane, sophisticated, genteel, refined, well-bred, well-mannered
Related Words: heathenish, vandal, vandalic, backward, coarse, crude, ill-mannered, primitive, rough, untamed, uncouth, uncultured, beastish, bloodthirsty, brutal, cruel, ferocious, inhuman

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bar‧bar‧i‧an /bɑːˈbeəriən $ bɑːrˈber-/ noun [countable]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: barbarien, from Latin barbarus; ⇒ barbarous]

1. someone from a different tribe or land, who people believe to be wild and not civilized:
The Roman Empire came under severe pressure from the barbarians across the Rhine.

2. someone who does not behave properly, and does not show proper respect for education, art etc:
The youths were described as uncivilised barbarians who savagely attacked innocent victims.

3. someone who behaves in a way that is cruel and uncivilized

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