Barbarian
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| - | "'''Barbarian'''" is a [[Term of abuse|pejorative term]] for an uncivilized, uncultured person, either in a general reference to a member of a nation or ''[[etnicity]]'' perceived as having an inferior level of [[civilization]], or in an individual reference to a [[brutal]], [[cruel]], [[insensitive]] person whose behaviour is unacceptable in the society of the speaker. While the latter sense is always pejorative, the former one has not invariably been so, as described below.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/{{PAGENAMEE}}] [Apr 2007] | + | "'''Barbarian'''" is a [[Term of abuse|pejorative term]] for an uncivilized, uncultured person, either in a general reference to a member of a nation or ''[[etnicity]]'' perceived as having an inferior level of [[civilization]], or in an individual reference to a [[brutal]], [[cruel]], [[insensitive]] person whose behaviour is unacceptable in the society of the speaker. While the latter sense is always pejorative, the former one has not invariably been so, as described below.{{GFDL}} |
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"Barbarian" is a pejorative term for an uncivilized, uncultured person, either in a general reference to a member of a nation or etnicity perceived as having an inferior level of civilization, or in an individual reference to a brutal, cruel, insensitive person whose behaviour is unacceptable in the society of the speaker. While the latter sense is always pejorative, the former one has not invariably been so, as described below.
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