diff --git a/11ty/definitions/barbaric.md b/11ty/definitions/barbaric.md index a84f2e1a..3d33f665 100644 --- a/11ty/definitions/barbaric.md +++ b/11ty/definitions/barbaric.md @@ -17,12 +17,11 @@ alt_words: - obscene - feral --- -something which is obscenely cruel;primitive;unsophisticated - +something which is obscenely cruel; primitive; unsophisticated #### Issues -Barbarian originates from the Greek word *bárbaros* meaning "babbler", to denote the "unintelligle sounds" (_"bar bar bar"_ ) made by foreign speakers. +Barbarian originates from the Greek word *bárbaros* meaning "babbler", to denote the "unintelligible sounds" (_"bar bar bar"_) made by foreign speakers. Similar words exist in many other languages, for the identical purpose labeling a "strange"/"foreign" person/culture. In modern day usage, you can notice this rhetoric being employed almost always for the purpose of demonizing "foreign" (more often than not from the global south) cultures - cultures that need to be civilized;