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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. without civilizing influences;
- Example: "barbarian invaders"
- Example: "barbaric practices"
- Example: "a savage people"
- Example: "fighting is crude and uncivilized especially if the weapons are efficient"-Margaret Meade
- Example: "wild tribes"
[syn: barbarian, barbaric, savage, uncivilized, uncivilised, wild]

2. unrestrained and crudely rich;
- Example: "barbaric use of color or ornament"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Barbaric \Bar*bar"ic\ (b[aum]r*b[a^]r"[i^]k), a. [L. barbaricus
   foreign, barbaric, Gr. barbariko`s.]
   1. Of, or from, barbarian nations; foreign; -- often with
      reference to barbarous nations of east. "Barbaric pearl
      and gold." --Milton.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Of or pertaining to, or resembling, an uncivilized person
      or people; barbarous; barbarian; destitute of refinement.
      "Wild, barbaric music." --Sir W. Scott.
      [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

barbaric
    adj 1: without civilizing influences; "barbarian invaders";
           "barbaric practices"; "a savage people"; "fighting is
           crude and uncivilized especially if the weapons are
           efficient"-Margaret Meade; "wild tribes" [syn:
           barbarian, barbaric, savage, uncivilized,
           uncivilised, wild]
    2: unrestrained and crudely rich; "barbaric use of color or
       ornament"