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| 1. | [ adjective ] marked by refinement in taste and manners | |
| Synonyms: | cultured polite genteel cultivated civilized | |
| Examples: | "cultivated speech" "cultured Bostonians" "cultured tastes" "a genteel old lady" "polite society" |
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| Related terms: | refined | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] (anthropology) having a high state of culture and development both social and technological | |
| Synonyms: | civilized | |
| Examples: | "terrorist acts that shocked the civilized world" |
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| Related terms: | noncivilized advanced civil humane educated industrial refined humane | |
| Similar spelling: |
civilise civilized civilize Civils civil_list civilization civilisation |
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