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That would frame Russia’s resort to nuclear strikes as further evidence not only of its barbarism but of its military backwardness.
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Richard K. Betts, Foreign Affairs, 4 July 2022
This is one of the themes of Zweig’s various books, and of many books — one of the themes of history: Civilization is so fragile; it can be shattered in a second, as barbarisms come to the fore.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 25 Nov. 2024
Ace Ventura is a ball of slapstick but also of volcanic barbarism.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 8 Oct. 2024
Atay was born in 1934, near the Black Sea port town of İnebolu—the city where Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Republic, had donned a jaunty Panama hat to give a speech decrying the barbarism of the fez and other Ottoman fashions.
—Merve Emre, The New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2024
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Richard K. Betts, Foreign Affairs, 4 July 2022
This is one of the themes of Zweig’s various books, and of many books — one of the themes of history: Civilization is so fragile; it can be shattered in a second, as barbarisms come to the fore.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 25 Nov. 2024
Ace Ventura is a ball of slapstick but also of volcanic barbarism.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 8 Oct. 2024
Atay was born in 1934, near the Black Sea port town of İnebolu—the city where Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Republic, had donned a jaunty Panama hat to give a speech decrying the barbarism of the fez and other Ottoman fashions.
—Merve Emre, The New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2024
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“Barbarism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/barbarism. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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