barbarism

Example Sentences

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"It is simply irony of fate that we should be saving Russian artists, paintings by Russian artists from their own nation. This is simply barbarism," she told Reuters on Wednesday.

From Reuters

In 2015, he penned another open appeal, saying that Russia’s “immorality and political barbarism” were a threat to the world.

From Washington Post

What is the benefit of the new if it fosters a form of ahistorical barbarism?

From Salon

It’s tragic for many reasons, not least because there are many wonderful people in Kabul who will be the target of a Taliban blood bath and a return to Taliban barbarism.

From New York Times

“With its diversity of victims’ groups, Buchenwald represents the entire barbarism of the Nazis, its aggressive nationalism to the outside, it’s dictatorship on the inside, and a racist way of thinking,” Steinmeier said.

From Washington Times