About The Word Civilized

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Civilized

Civilized Meaning & Definition
Civilized Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Civilized?

[adj] having a high state of culture and development both social and technological; "terrorist acts that shocked the civilized world"
[adj] marked by refinement in taste and manners; "cultivated speech"; "cultured Bostonians"; "cultured tastes"; "a genteel old lady"; "polite society"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Civilized: advanced | civil | civilised | cultivated | cultured | genteel | humane | polite

Related Terms | Find terms related to Civilized: abstruse | advanced | ameliorated | beautified | becoming | befitting | bettered | bland | Christian | comme il faut | conforming | converted | correct | cultivated | cultured | dainty | decent | deep | delicate | developed | discriminating | done | educated | elegant | embellished | encyclopedic | enhanced | enriched | erudite | fastidious | fine | graceful | gracile | gracious | improved | learned | lettered | literate | nice | pansophic | perfected | polished | polyhistoric | polymath | polymathic | profound | refined | reformed | scholarly | scholastic | smooth | sophisticated | studious | subtle | transfigured | transformed | urbane | wise

See Also | educated | industrial | refined

Civilized In Webster's Dictionary

\Civ"i*lized\, a. Reclaimed from savage life and manners; instructed in arts, learning, and civil manners; refined; cultivated. Sale of conscience and duty in open market is not reconcilable with the present state of civilized society. --J. Quincy.

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