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Real speech example: Mac Barnett: Why a good book is a secret door 17 minutesBarbarian repellent. It's full of salad
Definition summary: Relating to people, countries, or customs perceived as uncivilized or inferior.

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Mac Barnett: Why a good book is a secret door 17 minutes

Barbarian repellent. It's full of salad

[Adjective]
Relating to people, countries, or customs perceived as uncivilized or inferior.
[Noun]
(historical) A non-Greek or a non-Roman citizen.
An uncivilized or uncultured person, originally compared to the hellenistic Greco-Roman civilisation; usually associated with senseless violence and self-harm or other such shows of brute force and lack of mental faculty.
(derogatory) A person destitute of culture; a Philistine.
(derogatory) Someone from a developing country or backward culture.
A brutish warrior depicted in sword and sorcery and other fantasy works; typically clad in primitive furs or leather and usually favoring physical strength over intelligence while often possessing a bellicose temperament and disdain for laws.
(derogatory) A cruel, savage, inhumane, brutal, violently aggressive person, particularly one who is unintelligent or dim-witted; one without pity or empathy.
(derogatory) A foreigner, especially with barbaric qualities as in the above definitions.

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