decivilizev.
/dɪˈsɪvɪlʌɪz/ To divest of civilization, to degrade from a civilized condition.
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a1859 De Quincey has decivilized (F. Hall).
1876 H. Spencer Princ. Sociol. I. §71 We have but to imagine ourselves de-civilized.
1892 Sat. Rev. 27 Aug. 246/1 He was barbarized, de-civilized, and enslaved.
Derivatives
deciviliˈzation n. the process or condition of losing civilization.
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society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > civilization > lack of civilization > [noun] > rendering uncivilized
vandalization1800
rebarbarization1833
barbarization1854
barbarizing1861
decivilization1878
1878 N. Amer. Rev. 127 447 General harm, and decivilization, of the people.
1885 E. W. Benson in Law Times 78 338/1 If it might stem by even its own ruin the process of decivilisation.
deˈcivilized adj.
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society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > civilization > lack of civilization > [adjective] > rendering uncivilized
barbarized1602
barbarizing1809
decivilized1831
barbarianized1885
decivilizing1889
1831 M. Holley Texas (1833) 43 It sometimes happens that a white man from the States, who has become somewhat decivilized (to coin a word), is substituted.
deˈcivilizing n. and adj.
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society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > civilization > lack of civilization > [adjective] > rendering uncivilized
barbarized1602
barbarizing1809
decivilized1831
barbarianized1885
decivilizing1889
1889 Church Times 15 Feb. 159/1 The decivilising effect of the wars.
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