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When your whole system, your whole civilized system goes down, this is pretty much what you get left with. We have no communications, no running water, no electricity, no real help.
Kathleen Blanco

Meaning of "civilized" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CIVILIZED

civilized  [ˈsɪvɪˌlaɪzd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CIVILIZED

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Civilized is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES CIVILIZED MEAN IN ENGLISH?

civilized

Civilization

Civilization or civilisation generally refers to state polities which combine these basic institutions, having one or more of each: a ceremonial centre, a system of writing, and a city. The term is used to contrast with other types of communities including hunter-gatherers, nomadic pastoralists and tribal villages. Civilizations have more densely populated settlements divided into hierarchical social classes with a ruling elite and subordinate urban and rural populations, which, by the division of labour, engage in intensive agriculture, mining, small-scale manufacture and trade. Civilization concentrates power, extending human control over both nature, and over other human beings. The emergence of civilization is generally associated with the final stages of the Neolithic Revolution, a slow cumulative process occurring independently over many locations between 10,000 and 3,000 BCE, culminating in the relatively rapid process of state formation, a political development associated with the appearance of a governing elite.

Definition of civilized in the English dictionary

The definition of civilized in the dictionary is having a high state of culture and social development. Other definition of civilized is cultured; polite.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CIVILIZED


fossilised
ˈfɒsɪˌlaɪzd
fossilized
ˈfɒsɪˌlaɪzd
hypercivilised
ˌhaɪpəˈsɪvɪˌlaɪzd
hypercivilized
ˌhaɪpəˈsɪvɪˌlaɪzd
overcivilised
ˌəʊvəˈsɪvɪˌlaɪzd
overcivilized
ˌəʊvəˈsɪvɪˌlaɪzd
presterilised
priːˈstɛrɪˌlaɪzd
presterilized
priːˈstɛrɪˌlaɪzd
semicivilised
ˌsemɪˈsɪvɪˌlaɪzd
subcivilized
sʌbˈsɪvɪˌlaɪzd
supercivilized
ˌsuːpərˈsɪvɪˌlaɪzd
ultracivilized
ˌʌltrəˈsɪvɪˌlaɪzd
uncivilized
ʌnˈsɪvɪˌlaɪzd
unfertilised
ʌnˈfɜːtɪˌlaɪzd
unfertilized
ʌnˈfɜːtɪˌlaɪzd
unfossilised
ʌnˈfɒsɪˌlaɪzd
unsterilised
ʌnˈstɛrɪˌlaɪzd
unsterilized
ʌnˈstɛrɪˌlaɪzd
unutilised
ʌnˈjuːtɪˌlaɪzd
unutilized
ʌnˈjuːtɪˌlaɪzd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CIVILIZED

civilian
civilianise
civilianization
civilianize
civilisable
civilisation
civilisational
civilise
civilised
civiliser
civilist
civilities
civility
civilizable
civilization
civilizational
civilize
civilizer
civilizing
civilly

WORDS THAT END LIKE CIVILIZED

commercialized
compartmentalized
crystallized
demoralized
generalized
idealized
individualized
industrialized
institutionalized
localized
naturalized
organized
panelized
pearlized
personalized
revitalized
ritualized
specialized
stylized
underutilized
unrealized

Synonyms and antonyms of civilized in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «CIVILIZED»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «civilized» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of civilized

Translation of «civilized» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CIVILIZED

Find out the translation of civilized to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of civilized from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «civilized» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

文明的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

civilizado
570 millions of speakers

English

civilized
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सभ्य
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المتحضر
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

цивилизованным
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

civilizado
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সুসভ্য
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

civilisé
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bertamadun
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

zivilisiert
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

文明化した
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

문명화된
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Civilized
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

văn minh
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நாகரீகமடைந்த
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सुसंस्कृत
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

uygar
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

civilizzato
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

cywilizowany
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

цивілізованим
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

civilizat
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πολιτισμένη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

beskaafde
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

civiliserade
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sivilisert
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of civilized

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CIVILIZED»

The term «civilized» is quite widely used and occupies the 31.065 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CIVILIZED» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «civilized» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «civilized» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about civilized

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10 QUOTES WITH «CIVILIZED»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word civilized.
1
Donald Berwick
Any health care funding plan that is just, equitable, civilized and humane must - must - redistribute wealth from the richer among us to the poorer and the less fortunate. Excellent healthcare is by definition re-distributional.
2
Kathleen Blanco
When your whole system, your whole civilized system goes down, this is pretty much what you get left with. We have no communications, no running water, no electricity, no real help.
3
Anita Borg
The Internet does not have a reputation as being a particularly civilized place.
4
Raymond Burr
People here always said to me, 'Why would you leave civilization to go to a place like Fiji?' Fiji is a far more civilized place than California or New York City.
5
Tom Chatfield
Over tens and hundreds of thousands of years, we evolved to find certain things stimulating, and as very intelligent, civilized beings, we're enormously stimulated by problem solving and learning.
6
Jeremy Collier
In civilized life, where the happiness and indeed almost the existence of man, depends on the opinion of his fellow men. He is constantly acting a studied part.
7
Edward Dahlberg
Herman Melville was as separated from a civilized literature as the lost Atlantis was said to have been from the great peoples of the earth.
8
Daniel Defoe
I have often thought of it as one of the most barbarous customs in the world, considering us as a civilized and a Christian country, that we deny the advantages of learning to women.
9
William O. Douglas
The 5th Amendment is an old friend and a good friend. one of the great landmarks in men's struggle to be free of tyranny, to be decent and civilized.
10
Amelia Earhart
There is so much that must be done in a civilized barbarism like war.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CIVILIZED»

Discover the use of civilized in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to civilized and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Virgil, a Study in Civilized Poetry
In this classic study, Brooks Otis presents Virgil as a radically different poet from any of his Greek or Roman predecessors.
Brooks Otis, 1995
2
Primitive Art in Civilized Places: Second Edition
' It is a critique of Western ignorance and arrogance: ignorance about other cultures and arrogance towards them."—Jeremy Coote, Times Literary Supplement "The book is infuriating, entertaining, and inspirational, leaving one feeling less ...
Sally Price, 2002
3
Savaging the Civilized: Verrier Elwin, His Tribals, and India
Savaging the Civilized is both biography and history, an exploration through Elwin's life of some of the great debates of the twentieth century: the future of development, cultural assimilation versus cultural difference, the political ...
Ramachandra Guha, 1999
4
The Five Civilized Tribes
Grant Foreman. CHAPTER TWELVE / Hostility to the Missionaries APT. JAMES L. DAWSON, formerly of the United States army, displaced Logan as Creek Indian agent in June, 1842, and served until July 8, 1844, when he became involved in  ...
Grant Foreman, 2013
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CIVILIZED SHAMANS PB
This book, the first full account of TibetanBuddhism in two decades, ranges as no other study has over several disciplines and languages, incorporating historical and anthropological discussion.
Geoffrey Samuel, 1995
6
"Wilderness Into Civilized Shapes": Reading the Postcolonial ...
Throughout Wilderness into Civilized Shapes, Wright rearticulates questions about the role of the writer of fiction as environmental activist and spokesperson, the connections between animal ethics and environmental responsibility, and the ...
Laura Wright, 2010
7
The Civilized Engineer
Discusses how science and technology have virtually become national obsessions, and covers topics as diverse as the shuttle disaster, engineering ethics, and the promise and limits of technology
Samuel C. Florman, 1987
8
Raise Civilized Kids!: Bring Back the Disciplines
If you were to spank, what are the things you need to know? In Raising Civilized Kids! authors Bob and Elaine Lehman share their experiences about what works and what doesn't in child discipline.
Bob Lehman, Elaine Lehman, 2010
9
The Dream of Civilized Warfare: World War I Flying Aces and ...
In "The Dream of Civilized Warfare, Robertson presents the compelling, story of the creation of the first American air force--and how, through the propaganda of the flying ace, a vision of "clean" or civilized combat was sold to politicians ...
Linda Raine Robertson, 2003
10
The Civilized Shopper's Guide to Florence
This discriminating guide of eight walks will take you to shops of legendary quality and fine craftsmanship.
Louise Fili, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CIVILIZED»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term civilized is used in the context of the following news items.
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Every civilized society has laws regulating the hours for the sale of …
I will again argue that when it comes to that particular issue, no civilized society shares his view. Every civilized society has laws that regulate ... «Stabroek News, Jul 15»
2
The obligatory “feds raid Subway spokesman Jared Fogle's home …
... now, but we should … probably wait for confirmation before pronouncing this guy a pedophile who's forever unfit for civilized society, right? «Hot Air, Jul 15»
3
Tony Blair and the Self-Exalting Mindset of the West: in Two …
After all, their own governments' violence, aggression and slaughter of innocents is kind-hearted, civilized and justified, whereas the violence, ... «The Intercept - First Look Media, Jul 15»
4
Apple's App Store could take a lesson from Apple Music on the …
Our trust that others will respect the rules of the road, literally and figuratively, is what makes civilized life civil. One only has to look at places ... «Quartz, Jul 15»
5
Comic-Con 'Zombie Walk' In San Diego Canceled Over Safety …
Leaving a comment means you agree to our Community Discussion Rules. We like civilized discourse. We don't like spam, lying, profanity, ... «KPBS, Jul 15»
6
Religionists must employ reason to justify denial of rights
For example, based on common observations in civilized societies, believers (along with everyone else) intuitively agree the Golden Rule ... «Arizona Daily Star, Jul 15»
7
University Of California Tries To Get More Transfer Students
Leaving a comment means you agree to our Community Discussion Rules. We like civilized discourse. We don't like spam, lying, profanity, ... «KPBS, Jul 15»
8
Jen Gerson: Stephen Harper's game of dodge-the-press shows he's …
In a more civilized era — one already ruled by an unjustified tinge of nostalgia — journalists lived by codes. Among them: Don't let yourself ... «National Post, Jul 15»
9
Croquet Was Once the Big Thing at Wimbledon
But players have to suffer a few indignities if they want to play the civilized sport at Wimbledon: Rothenberg writes that not only have they been ... «Smithsonian, Jul 15»
10
California Right-To-Die Bill Stalls In Blow To Movement
Leaving a comment means you agree to our Community Discussion Rules. We like civilized discourse. We don't like spam, lying, profanity, ... «KPBS, Jul 15»

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