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bar·bar·i·an (bär-bâr-n)
n.
1. A member of a people considered by those of another nation or group to have a primitive civilization.
2. A fierce, brutal, or cruel person.
3. An insensitive, uncultured person; a boor. See Synonyms at boor.
[French barbarien, from barbare, barbarous, from Latin barbarus; see barbarous.]
bar·bari·an adj.
bar·bari·an·ism n.
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barbarian [bɑːˈbɛərɪən]
n
1. (Social Science / Anthropology & Ethnology) a member of a primitive or uncivilized people
2. a coarse, insensitive, or uncultured person
3. a vicious person

A non functioning state is a barbaric one.