Civilized Definition

sĭvə-līzd
adjective
Having a highly developed society and culture.
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Showing evidence of moral and intellectual advancement; humane, ethical, and reasonable.
Terrorist acts that shocked the civilized world.
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Marked by refinement in taste and manners; cultured.
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Civilized Sentence Examples

  • I think they believe themselves to be more civilized than that.

  • Among the more civilized, however, the Malay numerals up to ten are adopted by the Sakai.

  • Representatives of their race are also found scattered among the Malayan villages throughout the country, and also along the coast, but these have intermixed so much with the Malays, and have acquired so many customs, &c., from their more civilized neighbours, that they can no longer be regarded as typical of the race to which they belong.

  • The civilized man is a more experienced and wiser savage.

  • Yes, I wonder about our idea of civilized sometimes.

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Words Starting With

CCICIV

Words Ending With

DEDZED

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civilized

Words Starting With C and Ending With D

Starts With C & Ends With DStarts With CI & Ends With DStarts With C & Ends With ED

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9 Letter Words9 Letter Words Starting With C9 Letter Words Ending With D