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Civility vs Barbarism - What's the difference?

civility | barbarism |

As nouns the difference between civility and barbarism

is that civility is politeness; courtesy; an individual act or a manner of behaving which conforms to social conventions of propriety while barbarism is a barbaric act.

civility

English

(wikipedia civility)

Noun

  • Politeness]]; courtesy; an individual act or a manner of [[behave, behaving which conforms to social conventions of propriety.
  • * Chesterfield
    • The insolent civility of a proud man is, if possible, more shocking than his rudeness could be.
  • (obsolete) The state of society in which the relations and duties of a citizen are recognized and obeyed; civilization.
  • * Sir J. Davies
    • Monarchies have risen from barbarism to civility , and fallen again to ruin.
  • (obsolete) A civil office, or a civil process.
  • * Latimer
    • To serve in a civility .

    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 .