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+---
+title: Barbarian
+slug: barbarian
+flag:
+  text: 'Colonial/Racist slur'
+  level: 'Avoid'
+defined: true
+speech: noun
+alt_words:
+  - cruel
+  - vicious
+  - obscene
+  - feral
+---
+someone who is "savagely 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.
+Similar words exist in many other languages, for the identical purpose labeling a "strange"/"foriegn" 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;
+cultures that need to be colonized to rescue them from themselves. A perfect lingual weapon for warmongers and racists alike. Equally repulsive sibling of "savage". 
+
+#### Impact
+
+When you use words, that are in vogue primarily inside circles of bigots, with racist etymologies, it's a wilful act of violence, ignorance and an indication to the vilified and minoritized communities that their history of wounds and abuses are inconsequential to our words. 
+#### Usage Tip
+
+Avoid words that have obscene etymologies. There is almost always a better alternative: an inclusive and a less hurtful one. 
+
+####Sources
+
+External link: [is the word barbarian a slur?](https://seetobehumanityearth.wordpress.com/2015/07/16/is-the-term-barbarian-a-slur/)</br>
+<br/>
+External link: [Barbarian Wiki](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbarian)
+```