<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>A barbarous or uncivilized state or condition.</li><li>A barbarous act; something belonging to or befitting a barbarous condition.</li><li>The use in a language of forms or constructions felt by some to be undesirably alien to the established standards of the language.</li><li>Such a form or construction: Some people consider “complected” as a barbarism.</li></ul>