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