barbarianized
|bar-ba-ri-an-ized|
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/bəˈbɛriənaɪzd/
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/bəˈbærɪənaɪzd/
(barbarianize)
make barbaric
Etymology
'barbarianize' originates from English, specifically formed from 'barbarian' + the suffix '-ize', where '-ize' meant 'to make or render'.
'barbarian' changed from Latin 'barbarianus', which in turn came from Greek 'barbaros', and the English verb-forming suffix '-ize' (from Greek '-izein' via Latin/French) produced 'barbarianize'.
Initially, 'barbaros' meant 'foreign, non-Greek (one who speaks unintelligibly)'; over time this sense evolved and 'barbarianize' came to mean 'to make barbaric or uncivilized' in modern usage.
Meanings by Part of Speech
Verb 1
past tense or past participle form of 'barbarianize'.
The invading forces barbarianized the city.
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Adjective 1
made barbaric or rendered uncivilized; showing characteristics of barbarism; crudely altered or corrupted (often of customs, language, text, or culture).
Many critics argued that the edition was barbarianized and lost the original's subtlety.
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