BARBARISATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does barbarisation mean? 

• BARBARISATION (noun)
  The noun BARBARISATION has 1 sense:

1. an act that makes people primitive and uncivilized

  Familiarity information: BARBARISATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BARBARISATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An act that makes people primitive and uncivilized

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

barbarisation; barbarization

Hypernyms ("barbarisation" is a kind of...):

debasement; degradation (changing to a lower state (a less respected state))

Derivation:

barbarise (make crude or savage in behavior or speech)

barbarise (become crude or savage or barbaric in behavior or language)