Barbarians
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A barbarian is a
human who is
perceived to be
uncivilized or
primitive. The designation is usually applied as
generalization based on a popular
stereotype;
barbarians can be any member of a
nation judged
by some to be less civilized or orderly (such as a
tribal society), but may also be part of a certain "primitive"
cultural group
(such as nomads)
or
social class (such as
bandits) both within and outside one's own nation. Alternatively, they may
instead be admired and romanticized as
noble
savages. In idiomatic or figurative usage, a "barbarian" may also be an
individual reference to a brutal, cruel, warlike, insensitive person.[1]
The term originates from the Greek: βάρβαρος (barbaros). In ancient times, Greeks used it mostly for people of different cultures, but there are examples where one Greek city or state would use the word to attack another (e.g. haughty Athenians calling the Boeotians barbarian);[2] in the early modern period and sometimes later, Greeks used it for the Turks, in a clearly pejorative way.[3][4] Comparable notions are found in non-European civilizations, notably China and Japan. In the Roman Empire, Romans used the word "barbarian" for many people, such as the Germanics, Celts, Iberians, Thracians and Parthians............