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civilized

  • adjective
  • civ·i·lized
  • /ˈsɪv.ɪ.laɪzd/

Having a highly developed society or culture; belonging to civilization.

Other meanings

  1. Showing evidence of moral and intellectual advancement; humane, reasonable, ethical.

  2. Marked by refinement in taste and manners.

Synonyms

  • cultivated
  • cultured
  • polite

Related words

  • civilizedness
  • hypercivilized
  • noncivilized
  • overcivilized
  • precivilized
  • semicivilized
  • subcivilized
  • supercivilized
  • ultracivilized
  • uncivilized
  • civilizedly

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “civilized” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.