Barbarian and Savage are pejorative terms used to refer to a person who is perceived to be uncivilized. The word is often used either in a general reference to a member of a nation or ethnos, typically a tribal society as seen by an urban civilization either viewed as inferior, or admired as a noble savage. In idiomatic or figurative usage, a "barbarian" may also be an individual reference to a brutal, cruel, warlike, insensitive person.

The notion of "barbarians" can be found throughout the world, in Western cultures, East Asian cultures, and the cultures of other civilizations.

Contents

• 1 Western culture
  • 1.1 Ancient Greece
  • 1.2 Arabic context
  • 1.3 Early Modern period
  • 1.4 Modern academia
  • 1.5 Modern popular culture
• 2 East Asian cultures
  • 2.1 China
  • 2.2 Japan
• 3 Other civilizations
• 4 See also
• 5 Notes

Adjective

barbarous (comparative more barbarous, superlative most barbarous)

1. (said of language) Not classical or pure.
2. uncivilized, uncultured
3. Like a barbarian, especially in sound; noisy, dissonant.

   I did but prompt the age to quit their cloggs

   By the known rules of antient libertie,

   When strait a barbarous noise environs me

   Of Owles and Cuckoes, Asses, Apes and Doggs - I did but prompt the age to quit their cloggs, John Milton (1673)

Derived terms

• barbarously
• barbarousness

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