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Barbification

Barbification is the alternative spelling of Barbiefication.

Meaning of Barbiefication

Noun

Barbiefication (uncountable)

  1. (derogatory) A cultural move toward superficiality and a focus on physical attractiveness at the expense of depth and intellect.
    • On the road toward Barbiefication, we are so taken by artificially plastic standards of beauty that we surgically alter our human characteristics to look like idealized dolls.1995 July, Adweek: Western Advertising News, volume 36, Los Angeles, Calif.: A/S/M Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, page C-16, column 1

Questions about Barbification

What is Barbification the alternative spelling of?
Barbification is the alternative spelling of Barbiefication.

Words near Barbification in the dictionary

  1. Barbieris
  2. barbierite
  3. barbiers
  4. barbies
  5. Barbiesque
  6. Barbification
  7. barbigerous
  8. Barbin
  9. barbing
  10. Barbins
  11. barbital

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Barbification (page history and authors); Barbiefication (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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