civilizedadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈsɪvl̩ʌɪzd/,

/ˈsɪvᵻlʌɪzd/, U.S.

/ˈsɪvəˌlaɪzd/

Forms: see civilize v. and -ed suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: civilize v., -ed suffix¹.

Etymology: < civilize v. + -ed suffix¹.

A. adj.

a. At an advanced stage of social and cultural development, usually marked by the existence of organized communities and an adherence to established conventions of behaviour; highly developed; refined and sophisticated in manner or taste; educated, cultured.In early use often contrasted with savage or barbarous.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > civilization > [adjective] > civilized

civil1531

civilized1611

unbrutizeda1711

unbarbarized1719

snivelized1849

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Civilisé, ciuilized, made ciuile.

1612 T. Wilson Dict. Reuelation St. Iohn 145 in Christian Dict. Vandals, Gothes, and other barbarous people..comming to dwel in ciuillized countries.

1692 R. Bentley Boyle Lect. v. 36 Those Savages were not then, what civilized Mankind is now.

1732 J. Mawer Epist. to Earl of Oxf. 31 What is called Nature in this Respect is perhaps no more than the Sense or Taste, or Apprehension of Things according to the several Climates of the civilized World.

1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1776 II. 30 The advantages of civilised society.

1827 O. W. Roberts Narr. Voy. Central Amer. 71 A race of people..more civilized than most of the other tribes.

1839 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece (new ed.) IV. 281 The ancient civilised world.

1862 J. Ruskin Munera Pulveris (1880) 37 A civilized mercantile community.

1913 ‘Saki’ When William Came xii. 206 A highly civilized race like ours..is not going to be held under for long by a lot of damned sausage-eating Germans.

1968 J. Wechsberg Cooking of Vienna's Empire vii. 167 An anonymous Viennese baker invented the Kaisersemmel (the Emperor's roll), known in less civilized places as the ‘Vienna roll’.

1990 K. Lawrence Springs Living Water ii. 30 She was living in an unswept corner of the civilized world, a grubby, linty little pocket that had simply failed.

b. In weakened sense: courteous or obliging towards others; polite.

ΚΠ

1898 Internat. Jrnl. Ethics 8 260 A society led by a rich aristocracy, headed by powerful kings, civilized and courteous to their own caste, cruel to those outside the pale.

1947 A. Miller All my Sons 11 Don't come bulling in here. If you've got something to say, be civilized about it.

1985 J. Sullivan Only Fools & Horses (1999) I. 4th Ser. Christmas Special 277 My apologies, Chief Inspector—couldn't we discuss this in a civilised and gentlemanly manner?

2008 J. Burchill in J. Burchill & C. Newkey-Burden Not in my Name 35 Is this the reason cyclists often seem so vile-tempered? (The men, that is; the ladies tend to be more civilised.)

2. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a highly developed society or its members.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > civilization > [adjective] > relating to civilized people

civilized1652

1652 A. Burgess Spiritual Refining vii. lviii. 359 This civilized Vertue falls short, because it hath not been built upon a sure, deep and humble foundation.

1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot iii. x. 129 Such civiliz'd deportment, shews of Love.

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. v. 239/1 An Ancient Native Brittish Woman, in her Civilized Garment, with her hair pendant.

1740 C. Cibber Apol. Life C. Cibber vii. 144 A few civiliz'd Hands, signify'd their Approbation.

1763 tr. A. Le Page du Pratz Hist. Louisiana I. iv. iii. §i. 161 Their manners were more civilized,..their customs more reasonable.

1855 J. F. W. Johnston Chem. Common Life II. 308 The luxury of civilised perfumes.

a1859 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. (1861) V. 74 The strangers spoke no civilised language.

1881 G. C. Evans Stories 235 I divested myself of my civilized attire donned the blue shirt and moleskins and at once started for the diggings.

1917 S. Leacock Frenzied Fiction vi. 98 Would it prove possible for a man, unaided by our civilised arts and industries, to maintain himself naked..in the heart of the woods?

1971 Times Lit. Suppl. 31 Dec. 1622/1 The Rousseauian belief that poverty and roughness are closer to nature than austerity and civilized habits.

2002 P. Long Guide to Rural Wales iii. 129 It is a gentle, civilised spot, with all the best attributes of a seaside resort and none of the kiss-me-quick tat of many larger places.

B. n.

With the. Civilized people as a class.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > civilization > [noun] > civilizing > one who is civilized

civilized1635

civilizee1840

1635 N. Campbell Treat. upon Death sig. F6^v The stout man may fight against death;..the meek embrace it; the courteous cherish it; the civilized welcome it.

1694 G. Burnet Serm. preach'd before Queen 11 Mar. 17 What is true Breeding, among the civilized, but the putting on the appearances of Modesty and Humility?

a1765 J. Macpherson Crit. Diss. Anc. Caledonians (1768) xi. 139 It is a vice to which the civilized are more addicted than barbarians.

1833 J. Neal Down-easters II. 160 I found woman to be nothing more nor better than the slave of man; avowedly so among the savages, and really so among the civilized.

1914 Times 17 Mar. 11/3 Cooking being, by the civilized, considered an art, the cook must be, like other artists, a prey to moods.

1958 E. W. Bovill Golden Trade Moors iii. 34 According to Pliny they lived in promiscuous concubinage with their women, a practice which the civilized are over-prone to attribute to the uncivilized.

2008 W. C. Hamblet Savage Constr. xii. 187 The civilized are political rather than apolitical.

Derivatives

ˈcivilizedness n. civilized quality or condition.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > civilization > [noun]

police1530

civility1531

civilization1760

snivelization1849

civilizedness1878

kultur1914

1878 M. Arnold in Fortn. Rev. 1 Mar. 330 France owes..her civilisedness to equality.

1924 Edwardsville (Illinois) Intelligencer 20 May A standard of our civilizedness.

a1943 R. G. Collingwood Idea of Hist. (1946) iv. 160 There is no one thing, civilization, except in the sense of the common character ‘civilizedness’ belonging to the many different civilizations.

1999 E. Garland in J. L. Comaroff & J. Comaroff Civil Society & Polit. Imagination 77 The sense of civilizedness that underpins the liberal notion of civil society is built on the backs of people like them.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	civilized
释义	civilizedadj.n. Brit. /ˈsɪvl̩ʌɪzd/, /ˈsɪvᵻlʌɪzd/, U.S. /ˈsɪvəˌlaɪzd/ Forms: see civilize v. and -ed suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: civilize v., -ed suffix¹. Etymology: < civilize v. + -ed suffix¹. A. adj. 1. a. At an advanced stage of social and cultural development, usually marked by the existence of organized communities and an adherence to established conventions of behaviour; highly developed; refined and sophisticated in manner or taste; educated, cultured.In early use often contrasted with savage or barbarous. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > civilization > [adjective] > civilized civil1531 civilized1611 unbrutizeda1711 unbarbarized1719 snivelized1849 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Civilisé, ciuilized, made ciuile. 1612 T. Wilson Dict. Reuelation St. Iohn 145 in Christian Dict. Vandals, Gothes, and other barbarous people..comming to dwel in ciuillized countries. 1692 R. Bentley Boyle Lect. v. 36 Those Savages were not then, what civilized Mankind is now. 1732 J. Mawer Epist. to Earl of Oxf. 31 What is called Nature in this Respect is perhaps no more than the Sense or Taste, or Apprehension of Things according to the several Climates of the civilized World. 1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1776 II. 30 The advantages of civilised society. 1827 O. W. Roberts Narr. Voy. Central Amer. 71 A race of people..more civilized than most of the other tribes. 1839 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece (new ed.) IV. 281 The ancient civilised world. 1862 J. Ruskin Munera Pulveris (1880) 37 A civilized mercantile community. 1913 ‘Saki’ When William Came xii. 206 A highly civilized race like ours..is not going to be held under for long by a lot of damned sausage-eating Germans. 1968 J. Wechsberg Cooking of Vienna's Empire vii. 167 An anonymous Viennese baker invented the Kaisersemmel (the Emperor's roll), known in less civilized places as the ‘Vienna roll’. 1990 K. Lawrence Springs Living Water ii. 30 She was living in an unswept corner of the civilized world, a grubby, linty little pocket that had simply failed. b. In weakened sense: courteous or obliging towards others; polite. ΚΠ 1898 Internat. Jrnl. Ethics 8 260 A society led by a rich aristocracy, headed by powerful kings, civilized and courteous to their own caste, cruel to those outside the pale. 1947 A. Miller All my Sons 11 Don't come bulling in here. If you've got something to say, be civilized about it. 1985 J. Sullivan Only Fools & Horses (1999) I. 4th Ser. Christmas Special 277 My apologies, Chief Inspector—couldn't we discuss this in a civilised and gentlemanly manner? 2008 J. Burchill in J. Burchill & C. Newkey-Burden Not in my Name 35 Is this the reason cyclists often seem so vile-tempered? (The men, that is; the ladies tend to be more civilised.) 2. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a highly developed society or its members. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > civilization > [adjective] > relating to civilized people civilized1652 1652 A. Burgess Spiritual Refining vii. lviii. 359 This civilized Vertue falls short, because it hath not been built upon a sure, deep and humble foundation. 1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot iii. x. 129 Such civiliz'd deportment, shews of Love. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. v. 239/1 An Ancient Native Brittish Woman, in her Civilized Garment, with her hair pendant. 1740 C. Cibber Apol. Life C. Cibber vii. 144 A few civiliz'd Hands, signify'd their Approbation. 1763 tr. A. Le Page du Pratz Hist. Louisiana I. iv. iii. §i. 161 Their manners were more civilized,..their customs more reasonable. 1855 J. F. W. Johnston Chem. Common Life II. 308 The luxury of civilised perfumes. a1859 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. (1861) V. 74 The strangers spoke no civilised language. 1881 G. C. Evans Stories 235 I divested myself of my civilized attire donned the blue shirt and moleskins and at once started for the diggings. 1917 S. Leacock Frenzied Fiction vi. 98 Would it prove possible for a man, unaided by our civilised arts and industries, to maintain himself naked..in the heart of the woods? 1971 Times Lit. Suppl. 31 Dec. 1622/1 The Rousseauian belief that poverty and roughness are closer to nature than austerity and civilized habits. 2002 P. Long Guide to Rural Wales iii. 129 It is a gentle, civilised spot, with all the best attributes of a seaside resort and none of the kiss-me-quick tat of many larger places. B. n. With the. Civilized people as a class. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > civilization > [noun] > civilizing > one who is civilized civilized1635 civilizee1840 1635 N. Campbell Treat. upon Death sig. F6^v The stout man may fight against death;..the meek embrace it; the courteous cherish it; the civilized welcome it. 1694 G. Burnet Serm. preach'd before Queen 11 Mar. 17 What is true Breeding, among the civilized, but the putting on the appearances of Modesty and Humility? a1765 J. Macpherson Crit. Diss. Anc. Caledonians (1768) xi. 139 It is a vice to which the civilized are more addicted than barbarians. 1833 J. Neal Down-easters II. 160 I found woman to be nothing more nor better than the slave of man; avowedly so among the savages, and really so among the civilized. 1914 Times 17 Mar. 11/3 Cooking being, by the civilized, considered an art, the cook must be, like other artists, a prey to moods. 1958 E. W. Bovill Golden Trade Moors iii. 34 According to Pliny they lived in promiscuous concubinage with their women, a practice which the civilized are over-prone to attribute to the uncivilized. 2008 W. C. Hamblet Savage Constr. xii. 187 The civilized are political rather than apolitical. Derivatives ˈcivilizedness n. civilized quality or condition. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > civilization > [noun] police1530 civility1531 civilization1760 snivelization1849 civilizedness1878 kultur1914 1878 M. Arnold in Fortn. Rev. 1 Mar. 330 France owes..her civilisedness to equality. 1924 Edwardsville (Illinois) Intelligencer 20 May A standard of our civilizedness. a1943 R. G. Collingwood Idea of Hist. (1946) iv. 160 There is no one thing, civilization, except in the sense of the common character ‘civilizedness’ belonging to the many different civilizations. 1999 E. Garland in J. L. Comaroff & J. Comaroff Civil Society & Polit. Imagination 77 The sense of civilizedness that underpins the liberal notion of civil society is built on the backs of people like them. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1611
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