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Definition of Civilized
1. Adjective. Having a high state of culture and development both social and technological. "Terrorist acts that shocked the civilized world"
Similar to: Advanced, Civil, Humane
Also: Educated, Refined
Antonyms: Noncivilized
2. Adjective. Marked by refinement in taste and manners. "Polite society"
Similar to: Refined
Derivative terms: Genteelness
Definition of Civilized
1. a. Reclaimed from savage life and manners; instructed in arts, learning, and civil manners; refined; cultivated.
Definition of Civilized
1. Adjective. Having a highly developed society or culture. ¹
2. Adjective. Showing evidence of moral and intellectual advancement; humane, reasonable, ethical. ¹
3. Adjective. Marked by refinement in taste and manners. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Civilized
1. civilize [v] - See also: civilize
Lexicographical Neighbors of Civilized
Literary usage of Civilized
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report by Indians Rights Association (1908)
"SOME OBSERVATIONS OF CONDITIONS IN THE FIVE civilized TRIBES ADDRESS OF HON.
GEORGE VAUX, JR. It was not without a distinct sense of disappointment that I ..."
2. Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy by Sir Edward Burnett Tylor (1891)
"... whether of savage or civilized theology, in narratives of visits to the Regions
of Souls —Local ization of the Future Life—Distant earthly region ..."
3. The Mind of Primitive Man: A Course of Lectures Delivered Before the Lowell by Franz Boas (1911)
"It seems necessary, therefore, as a last step in our discussion, to define and
explain the mental re-actions which distinguish primitive man and civilized ..."
4. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1904)
"During his forty years in Plymouth pulpit men from every part of the civilized
world came to hear him, and to every part of the civilized world did his ..."
5. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1897)
"training in civilized races being usually more adequate in the case of man than of
... civilized man has progressed generally on primitive man in size, ..."
6. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1861)
"United together, and we must be a great, free and prosperous people, whose renown
must spread throughout the civilized world, and pass down, we trust, ..."
7. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"... especially when they were unable or unwilling to emigrate; but such has not
often been the case for any considerable time among civilized nations. ..."
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