2021-05-20 ศัพท์ น่าสับสน ชุด – B – barbaric & barbarous
2021-05-20
ศัพท์ น่าสับสน ชุด – B – barbaric & barbarous
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ออกเสียง barbaric = ‘bahr-BAR-ik’
ออกเสียง barbarous = ‘BAHR-ber-uhs’
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ABOUT THIS WORD
What does barbaric mean?
Barbaric meanscrude, uncivilized, or primitive.
It’s often used to describe things
that are cruel or brutal
in a way that’s considered entirely uncivilized.
Barbaric isalso used to describe
things that involve people considered barbarians
—people who are extremely crude and uncivilized.
The term barbarian was used
by the ancient Greeks and Romans to refer to any foreigner.
In ancient and medievaltimes, it was variously used
to refer to non-Greeks, non-Romans, and non-Christians.
The term eventually became associated with
a stereotypical image of barbarians asprimitive and brutish.
Like the word savage,
the word barbarian can bevery offensive
due to itsuseto dehumanize the people that it’s applied to,
especially in a way that calls attention to their otherness
or the supposed primitivenessof their culture or customs.
Barbaric can also imply these same things,
especiallywhen it’s applied
to the practices of a culture other than one’s own.
The relatedword barbarous
also means uncivilized, crude, or cruel.
Example: We need to put an end to this barbaric violence.
Where does barbaric come from?
The first records of the word barbaric come from the 1480s.
It derives from the Latin barbaricus, meaning “foreign,”
and ultimately comes from the Greek bárbaros,
meaning “non-Greek,” or, more generally, “foreign.”
The Greek bárbaros is relatedto the Sanskrit barbara,
which means “stammering” and was also used to refer to non-Aryans.
The ultimate basis of these terms isthought to be
an imitation of someone speaking a language
that is completely incomprehensible,
as if they were just saying the word bar over and over.
This origin is indicative of howoffensive the
words barbarian and barbaric can be when used in certain ways.
Portraying an unfamiliar language as primitive gibberish
simply because it’s unfamiliar is offensivein much the same way
that calling a person barbaric can be
when it’s meant to dehumanize them due totheir differences.
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
Choose the Right Synonym for barbarous
FIERCE, FEROCIOUS, BARBAROUS, SAVAGE, CRUEL
mean showing furyor malignity in looks or actions.
FIERCE applies to humans and animals that inspire terror because of
their wild and menacing aspect or fury in attack.
fierce warriors
FEROCIOUS implies extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality.
a ferocious dog
BARBAROUS implies a ferocity or mercilessness regarded as unworthy of civilized people.
barbarous treatment of prisoners
SAVAGE implies the absence of inhibitions restraining civilized peoplefilled with rage, lust, or other violent passion.
a savage criminal
CRUEL implies indifference to suffering and even positive pleasure in inflicting it.
the cruel jokes of schoolboys
Dictionary of Problem Words in English
barbaric & barbarous
These words are closely related to each other
and to such terms as barbarian, barbarism, and barbarity.
Both barbaric and barbarous are adjectives
meaning “uncivilized,”
“primitive,”
“without civilizing influences.”
Barbaric isoccasionally used
in a favorable senseto refer to those elements in a culture,
such as: vigor, ardor, and love of splendor,
that the speaker or writer finds praiseworthy
(a splendidly barbaric people).
Barbarous ismore often used to refer
to the cruel and vicious customsand practices of uncivilized groups
(the inhuman deeds of barbarous Huns).
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