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barbarization

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bar·ba·rize  (bärb-rz)
tr. & intr.v. bar·ba·rized, bar·ba·riz·ing, bar·ba·riz·es
To make or become crude, savage, or barbarous.
barba·ri·zation (-r-zshn) n.
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Noun1.barbarization - an act that makes people primitive and uncivilized
barbarisation
degradation, debasement - changing to a lower state (a less respected state)
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