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The major civilizing force in the world is not religion, it is sex.
Hugh Hefner

Meaning of "civilizing" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CIVILIZING

civilizing  [ˈsɪvɪlaɪzɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CIVILIZING

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

WHAT DOES CIVILIZING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

civilizing

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 civilizing in the English dictionary

The definition of civilizing in the dictionary is bringing a higher state of culture and social development.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CIVILIZING


advertising
ˈædvəˌtaɪzɪŋ
compromising
ˈkɒmprəmaɪzɪŋ
demoralizing
dɪˈmɒrəlaɪzɪŋ
downsizing
ˈdaʊnsaɪzɪŋ
energizing
ˈenədʒaɪzɪŋ
merchandising
ˈmɜːtʃənˌdaɪzɪŋ
mesmerizing
ˈmɛzməraɪzɪŋ
moralising
ˈmɒrəlaɪzɪŋ
moralizing
ˈmɒrəlaɪzɪŋ
organizing
ˈɔːɡənaɪzɪŋ
revitalizing
ˌriːˈvaɪtəˌlaɪzɪŋ
rising
ˈraɪzɪŋ
self-fertilising
ˌsɛlfˈfɜːtɪlaɪzɪŋ
self-fertilizing
ˌselfˈfɜːtɪlaɪzɪŋ
sizing
ˈsaɪzɪŋ
socializing
ˈsəʊʃəˌlaɪzɪŋ
surprising
səˈpraɪzɪŋ
tantalizing
ˈtæntəˌlaɪzɪŋ
uncompromising
ʌnˈkɒmprəˌmaɪzɪŋ
uprising
ˈʌpˌraɪzɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CIVILIZING

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

WORDS THAT END LIKE CIVILIZING

advertizing
agonizing
amazing
anglicizing
dehumanizing
merchandizing
nonionizing
nonoxidizing
patronizing
philosophizing
rightsizing
seizing
self-aggrandizing
sermonizing
supersizing
temporizing
unappetizing
unrecognizing
unsympathizing
upsizing
womanizing

Synonyms and antonyms of civilizing in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «CIVILIZING»

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

Translation of «civilizing» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CIVILIZING

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

Translator English - Chinese

文明
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

civilizadora
570 millions of speakers

English

civilizing
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

civilizing
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الحضارية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

цивилизаторской
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

civilizador
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সভ্যতা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

civilisatrice
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bertamadun
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

zivilisatorische
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

啓もう
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

문명화
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Civilizing
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

văn minh
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நாகரிகப்படுத்தும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सभ्यता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

uygarlaştırıcı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

civilizzatore
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ucywilizowania
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

цивілізаційної
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

civilizator
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

εκπολιτιστική
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

beskawende
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

civiliserande
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

siviliser
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of civilizing

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CIVILIZING»

The term «civilizing» is quite widely used and occupies the 34.743 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CIVILIZING» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «civilizing» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «civilizing» 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 civilizing

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8 QUOTES WITH «CIVILIZING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word civilizing.
1
John Adams
The Hebrews have done more to civilize men than any other nation. If I were an atheist, and believed blind eternal fate, I should still believe that fate had ordained the Jews to be the most essential instrument for civilizing the nations.
2
Kenneth Clark
The great achievement of the Catholic Church lay in harmonizing, civilizing the deepest impulses of ordinary, ignorant people.
3
Roald Dahl
The adult is the enemy of the child because of the awful process of civilizing this thing that, when it is born, is an animal with no manners, no moral sense at all.
4
Hugh Hefner
The major civilizing force in the world is not religion, it is sex.
5
Mark Hopkins
Christianity is the greatest civilizing, moulding, uplifting power on this globe.
6
Tim Huelskamp
In many ways, the crumbling of the institution of marriage is the real 'war on women.' Marriage is the civilizing influence for men and for families.
7
Jose Rizal
Justice is the foremost virtue of the civilizing races. It subdues the barbarous nations, while injustice arouses the weakest.
8
Shoshana Zuboff
The civilizing process has increased the distance between behavior and the impulse life of the animal body.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CIVILIZING»

Discover the use of civilizing in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to civilizing and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Civilizing Process: The history of manners
It comprises the two volumes originally published in English as The History of Manners and State Formation and Civilization, now, in a single volume, the book is restored to its original format and made available world-wide to a new ...
Norbert Elias, 1978
2
Colonialism as Civilizing Mission: Cultural Ideology in ...
A fresh and stimulating examination of the ideology, programmes, expressions and consequences of the British 'civilizing mission' in South Asia.
Harald Fischer-Tiné, Michael Mann, 2004
3
Civilizing Missions in Colonial and Postcolonial South Asia: ...
This collection provides a historical exploration of the tensions and complexities of civilizing missions undertaken by British or Indian states or organizations in nineteenth- and twentieth-century South Asia.
Carey Anthony Watt, Michael Mann, 2011
4
Civilizing Nature: National Parks in Global Historical ...
Shifting the focus from the usual emphasis on the National Parks in the United States, this volume adopts an historical and transnational perspective on the global geography of protected areas and its changes over time.
Bernhard Gissibl,, Sabine Höhler, Patrick Kupper, 2012
5
Civilizing Rituals: Inside Public Art Museums
Illustrated with over fifty photos, this book merges contemporary debates with lively discussion and explores central issues involved in the making and displaying of art as industry, and how it is presented to the community.
Carol Duncan, 2005
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The Civilizing Process: Sociogenetic and Psychogenetic ...
In this new edition, the original text is extensively revised, corrected, and updated. The Revised Edition reveals anew and afresh the greatness of Elias' masterpiece.
Norbert Elias, Eric Dunning, Johan Goudsblom, 2000
7
Civilizing Security
This is a major contribution by two leading scholars in the field and will be of interest to anyone wishing to deepen their understanding of one the most significant and pressing issues of our times.
Ian Loader, Neil Walker, 2007
8
Civilizing Climate: Social Responses to Climate Change in ...
This book provides a description, based upon research evidence from the Near East and elsewhere, of changes in climate and how they affected social and political developments.
Arlene Miller Rosen, 2007
9
Civilizing American Cities: Writings on City Landscapes
Civilizing American Cities collects Olmsted's plans for New York, San Francisco, Buffalo, Montreal, Chicago, and Boston; his suburban plans for Berkeley, California and Riverside, Illinois; and a generous helping of his writings on urban ...
Frederick Law Olmsted, Silvia Barry Sutton, 1997
10
Civilizing the Museum: The Collected Writings of Elaine ...
Drawing on her experience working in and with museums in the US and throughout the world, Author Elaine Heumann Gurian explores the possibilities for making museums more central and relevant to society.
Elaine Heumann Gurian, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CIVILIZING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term civilizing is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Marshal's Office issued Body Worn Cameras
Body Worn Cameras tend to increase transparency and help to legitimize the law enforcement function; Body Worn Cameras have a civilizing ... «WTVM, Jul 15»
2
Insight: Indonesian Police – how much further will they go adrift?
But, with or without inter-state competition, it was then taken in itself as one of the most central civilizing forces to ensure collectivities or crowds ... «Jakarta Post, Jul 15»
3
How gay marriage paves the way for legal polygamy
It advanced by deconstructing the arguments for harnessing the sexual instinct toward civilizing projects, and by proposing in their place a ... «The Week Magazine, Jul 15»
4
Big-dicked fugitive's accomplice decided to let her husband live over …
According to a delightfully detailed report from Bufffalo News, that decision was made, as so many are, under the civilizing influence of egg rolls ... «Death and Taxes, Jul 15»
5
Unions and the good society
... where possible, to reverse this decline in trade union power, for worker organization remains a major civilizing factor in modern economic life ... «Toronto Star, Jul 15»
6
Jason Whitlock and the Messy Saga of ESPN's 'Black Grantland'
One writer I spoke to said he found the site's “civilizing mission” particularly off-putting. “I brought this up with a friend,” he told me. “What if we ... «New York Magazine, Jul 15»
7
Were Army pay and perks better under the British?
... treated, says Dr Singh quoting Kipling, as 'half-devil and half-child'-- in need of a nurturing, civilizing hand and back-of-the-hand discipline. «Times of India, Jul 15»
8
Northeast railroads will strengthen socio-economic integration
... purpose, railroad construction served to “ideologically justify the existence of colonial India” and it physically embodied the “civilizing mission, ... «Hindustan Times, Jul 15»
9
My garage, my staycation
This brings us to last week's staycation and the further civilizing of the garage upstairs. Cheryl was the organizer, I was the paint guy. I started ... «Napa Valley Register, Jul 15»
10
D'Amato: Is John A. Macdonald really just another 'dead old white …
They saw themselves, with their European background, as the civilizing influence that would make Canada great. The only way to properly ... «Waterloo Record, Jul 15»

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