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Pronunciation / Transliteration: sanskritik barbarata
"ऐतिहासिक धरोहरों को नष्ट करना सांस्कृतिक बर्बरता है।"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
The malicious destruction, defacement, or desecration of cultural heritage, historical monuments, artworks, or symbols representing a particular society.
"The looting of ancient artifacts during the conflict was condemned globally as an act of cultural vandalism." - 2
The willful neglect, erosion, or suppression of cultural traditions, languages, or institutions by governing authorities or social movements.
"Critics argued that closing down regional language schools amounted to a form of systemic cultural vandalism."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from 'cultural', relating to the ideas, customs, and social behavior of a society, combined with 'vandalism', which originates from the Vandals, an East Germanic tribe infamous for sacking Rome in 455 CE. The combined term emerged in modern sociological and political discourse to describe the deliberate destruction or defacement of heritage and artistic works.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Cultural Vandalism" is said worldwide
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vandalisme culturel
Transliteration: vandalism kyltyʁɛl
"La destruction des monuments historiques est un acte de vandalisme culturel."
Kulturvandalismus
Transliteration: kʊlˈtuːɐ̯vandaliˌsmʊs
"Die Zerstörung antiker Tempel gilt als schwerer Kulturvandalismus."
vandalismo culturale
Transliteration: vandalismo kulturale
"Il saccheggio dei musei è considerato un grave vandalismo culturale."
vandalismo cultural
Transliteration: vandalismo kultuɾal
"El derribo de estatuas históricas desató un debate sobre el vandalismo cultural."
vandalismo cultural
Transliteration: vandalizmu kuwtuʁaw
"A destruição de obras de arte é uma forma de vandalismo cultural."
सांस्कृतिक बर्बरता
Transliteration: sanskritik barbarata
"ऐतिहासिक धरोहरों को नष्ट करना सांस्कृतिक बर्बरता है।"
文化破坏
Transliteration: wénhuà pòhuài
"战争中的古迹损毁被视为对人类文明的文化破坏。"
문화 파괴
Transliteration: munhwa pagoe
"고대 유적의 의도적인 파괴는 심각한 문화 파괴 행위이다."
文化的破壊
Transliteration: bunka-teki hakai
"歴史的建造物の取り壊しは文化的破壊と批判された。"
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