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発音

• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /bɑː(ɹ).ˈbɛə.ɹi.ən/
• (米国発音) IPA^(key): /bɑɹ.ˈbɛəɹ.i.ən/
• 韻: -ɛəɹiən

形容詞

barbarian (not comparable)

1. Relating to people, countries, or customs perceived as uncivilized or inferior.

同意語

• barbaric
• barbarous

名詞

barbarian (複数形 barbarians)

1. (historical) A non-Greek or a non-Roman citizen.
2. An uncivilized or uncultured person, originally compared to the hellenistic Greco-Roman civilisation; often associated with fighting or other such shows of strength.
3. (derogatory) A person destitute of culture; a Philistine.
   • 1725, Anthony Blackwall, The Sacred Classics Defended And Illustrated:

     Shall a noble writer, and an inspired noble writer, be called a solecist, and barbarian, for giving a new turn to a word so agreeable to the analogy and genius of the Greek tongue?

4. (derogatory) Someone from a developing country or backward culture.
5. A warrior, clad in fur or leather, associated with sword and sorcery stories.
6. A cruel, savage, inhumane, brutal person; one without pity or empathy.
   • 1712, Ambrose Philips, The Distrest Mother:

     Thou fell barbarian.

7. (derogatory) A foreigner, especially with barbaric qualities as in the above definitions.

同意語

• (foreigner): alien, outlander, peregrine; see also Thesaurus:foreigner

関連する語

• barbarism
• barbarity
• barbarize
• barbary
• rhubarb
• outlander