Definitions for: Civilized

[adj] having a high state of culture and development both social and technological; "terrorist acts that shocked the civilized world"
[adj] marked by refinement in taste and manners; "cultivated speech"; "cultured Bostonians"; "cultured tastes"; "a genteel old lady"; "polite society"

Webster (1913) Definition: Civ"i*lized, a.
Reclaimed from savage life and manners; instructed in arts,
learning, and civil manners; refined; cultivated.

Sale of conscience and duty in open market is not
reconcilable with the present state of civilized
society. --J. Quincy.

Synonyms: advanced, civil, civilised, cultivated, cultured, genteel, humane, polite

Antonyms: noncivilised, noncivilized

See Also: educated, industrial, refined

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