noun
- the process of becoming barbarous or uncivilized; a decline into a crude or savage state
Usage: formal
Examples
- The historian argued that war led to the barbarization of society.
- Critics warned about the barbarization of political discourse.
- The collapse of institutions resulted in widespread barbarization.
- Scholars debated whether technology prevents or accelerates barbarization.
- The barbarization of the region followed years of conflict.
- Educational reforms aimed to reverse the barbarization of youth culture.