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Adjective: civilized  'sivu`lIzd
  1. Having a high state of culture and development both social and technological
    "terrorist acts that shocked the civilized world"
    - civilised [Brit]
     
  2. Marked by refinement in taste and manners
    - civilised [Brit], cultivated, cultured, genteel, polite
Verb: civilize  'sivu`lI
  1. Teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment
    - educate, school, train, cultivate, civilise [Brit]
     
  2. Raise from a barbaric to a civilized state
    "The wild child found wandering in the forest was gradually civilized"
    - civilise [Brit]

See also: advanced, civil, civilization, educated, humane, refined

Type of: alter, change, down, fine-tune, modify, polish, refine

Antonym: noncivilized

Encyclopedia: Civilize

Civilized