Greg Graffin

If you go back far enough and get a wider enough picture of history, we have let go of many things that follow a religious narrative. We don't burn witches anymore. Most people would consider that barbaric. We don't sacrifice human beings, which was a religious act practiced by numerous cultures on this planet.

American Musician

Gareth Thomas

It is the toughest, most macho of male sports, and with that comes an image. In many ways, it is barbaric, and I could never have come out without first establishing myself and earning respect as a player. Rugby was my passion, my whole life, and I wasn't prepared to risk losing everything I loved.

Welsh Athlete

Sarah Jeffery

I only support cruelty-free brands, and I hope that more brands stop testing on animals because it's just completely unnecessary and barbaric.

Canadian Actress

Andrew Nikiforuk

What slavery really demonstrated was that we don't really know how to use energy wisely and that we can be incredibly abusive and barbaric.

Canadian Journalist

Steve Earle

It amazes me that the most Christian funerals are the most barbaric funeral rites of passage that are celebrated anywhere in the world.

Nelson Mandela

I detest racialism, because I regard it as a barbaric thing, whether it comes from a black man or a white man.

South African Statesman

Jacqueline Fernandez

I've never raised my hand on anyone in my whole life. I feel it's barbaric.

Actress

Merab Mamardashvili

The Russian norm is an extremely barbaric state of mind.

Georgian Philosopher

Kate Mulgrew

Execution as punishment is barbaric and unnecessary.

American Actress

Mercedes Schlapp

American Public Servant

Words like 'barbaric' carry strong negative feelings and should be used carefully.

Negative Emotion

'Barbaric' is often used to stress the extreme cruelty or inhumanity of an action.

Emphasis on Cruelty

Do not use 'barbaric' for mild forms of bad behavior; it is reserved for extreme cases.

Not for Mild Badness

Use 'barbaric' when describing actions or behaviors that lack sophistication or refinement.

Lack of Refinement

In some contexts, 'barbaric' can describe roughness with a slightly positive, wild connotation.

Not Always Negative

When used historically, 'barbaric' refers to ancient peoples outside the Greek or Roman cultures.

Historical Context

Remember that labeling a culture 'barbaric' can be offensive and subjective.

Cultural Relativity

 which was totally barbaric. But it was delicious. And the great thing is that in John's restaurant he marketed that he was serving lionfish in the local newspapers and people were coming from all over the Keys to sample this fish which shows that even if people are removing them themselves they're excited to support initiatives that are.

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 and as painful as possible, like crucifixion, disembowelment, breaking on the wheel. Respectable people kept slaves. For all our flaws, we have abandoned these barbaric practices. So, do you think it's human nature that's changed? Not exactly. I think we still harbor instincts

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 was one of the most barbaric things you could do it's just outrageous that you would be covering your entire body in this way so the greeks surrounded themselves with depictions of these so-called barbarians almost like they were creating a thrilling alternate universe

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 as more than just school subjects. These were the hallmarks of civilization in what, to their eyes, was a pretty barbaric world. An educated, civilized person was expected to be proficient in all aspects of creative thought inspired by the Muses, and the common medium

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 who already had a seat was very -- because Liberia has one of the strongest rape laws, and he was one of those really fighting in parliament to overturn that law because he called it barbaric. Rape is not barbaric, but the law, he said, was barbaric.

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 the confusion that I felt, because now I realized that what was done to me was a terrible thing that in this society was called barbaric, it was called mutilation. My mother had said it was called circumcision, but here it was mutilation.

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 And because of my activity, I landed in solitary confinement for seven and a half years out of my incarceration. Now as I see it, solitary confinement is one of the most inhumane and barbaric places you can find yourself,

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 The pride of people about their own place of living, and there were feelings that had been buried deep for years under the fury of the illegal, barbaric constructions that sprang up in the public space.

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 traditional herbs and techniques that are ancestresses used to naturally afro hair somehow we've been persuaded that our culture is primitive and barbaric we are quickly losing the enriching

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 ripping unborn children from mothers' wombs, using prisoners as human shields, or moat fillers to support siege engines, taking all women from conquered towns--" "Enough! How barbaric!"

Barbaric

Negative Emotion

Emphasis on Cruelty

Not for Mild Badness

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