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Barbarism vs Incivility - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between barbarism and incivility

is that barbarism is a barbaric act while incivility is (label) the quality or state of being uncivil; want of courtesy; rudeness of manner; impoliteness.

barbarism

English

Noun

  • A barbaric act.
  • These barbarisms can not be allowed to continue; they must be crushed or civilization will collapse.
  • The condition of existing barbarically.
  • * 1879, William Tecumseh Sherman, Address to the Michigan Military Academy
  • War is at best barbarism...It's glory is all moonshine.
  • An error in language use within a single word, such as a mispronunciation.
  • * 2002, Hyman, Bad Grammar in Context , New England Classical Journal, 29, p. 94-101
  • In the jargon of the ancient grammarian, penacilin would be a barbarism .

    incivility

    English

    (Webster 1913)

    Noun

  • (label) The quality or state of being uncivil; want of courtesy; rudeness of manner; impoliteness.
  • (label) Any act of rudeness or ill-breeding.
  • (label) Want of civilization; a state of rudeness or barbarism.
  • See also

    * impoliteness * uncourteousness * unmannerliness * disrespect * rudeness * discourtesy

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