Barbar — meaning in English

English meaning

• barbarian noun Historically, someone from outside Greek or Roman civilization, viewed by the Greeks and Romans as uncivilized.
• brute noun A rough, violent, or unthinking person.
• Heathen noun Historically, a person who does not follow one of the major world religions; more recently, a follower of modern pagan Heathenry.
• savage adj Extremely fierce, violent, or brutal.

Senses

Barbar is used for these senses in English:

• barbarian An uncivilized or uncultured person, originally compared to the hellenistic Greco-Roman civilisation; usually associated with senseless violence and self-harm or other such shows of brute force and lack of mental faculty.
• brute A person with the characteristics of an unthinking animal; a coarse or brutal person, particularly one who is dim-witted. [from 17th c.]
• heathen (by extension) An uncultured or uncivilized person, philistine.
• savage (historical, now, pejorative, ) A person not living in a civilization; a barbarian.

barbarian — full definition

1. noun Historically, someone from outside Greek or Roman civilization, viewed by the Greeks and Romans as uncivilized.
2. noun A crude, uncultured, or brutally violent person.
3. adj Uncivilized or savage in nature.

brute — full definition

1. noun A rough, violent, or unthinking person.
2. adjective Purely physical, with no reasoning or subtlety involved.

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