单词	civilized
释义	civilized adjective civ·​i·​lized ˈsi-və-ˌlīzd  : characteristic of a state of civilization civilized society especially : characterized by taste, refinement, or restraint Synonyms accomplished couth cultivated cultured genteel polished refined See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences A civilized society must respond to crime with fairness and justice. Stop yelling. We have to be more civilized about this. Try to act like a civilized human being! a civilized way to spend the evening Recent Examples on the Web Here on the Riviera, like so many others, Picasso found a pagan paradise, where civilized people could let their hair down and indulge in simple pleasures. Rick Steves, Sun Sentinel, 2 Sep. 2022 This, combined with the smooth power delivery of electric motors that never need to shift gears, make the Lightning a remarkably civilized highway cruiser. Peter Valdes-dapena, CNN, 11 May 2022 All the same, his Vienna could boast of Johann Strauss (father and son), Mahler, Lehar, Freud, Schönberg, Gustav Klimt, Karl Kraus, Stefan Zweig and a few million civilized people. David Pryce-jones, WSJ, 19 Aug. 2022 The decree felt like something civilized people had left behind in the Middle Ages, but the ayatollah’s words tore around the modern world, inspiring riots, bombings and killings. Ron Charles, Washington Post, 15 Aug. 2022 This disrespect invalidates his ability to represent a civilized people. Ariana Garcia, Chron, 11 Aug. 2022 Dawes meant both to disaggregate Indian land and to desegregate it, bringing in farmers who would model civilized agrarianism for their Indian neighbors. Philip Deloria, The New Yorker, 18 July 2022 In America’s advance of humane and civilized legal standards, the states have often led the way — so that today, for example, malicious cruelty is a felony in every state. Matthew Scully, National Review, 11 July 2022 Despite a body-on-frame construction and a solid rear axle, the Everglades has a surprisingly civilized ride on pavement. Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 28 June 2022 See More Word History First Known Use 1611, in the meaning defined above Phrases Containing civilized civilized world ultra-civilized hyper-civilized civilized world ultra-civilized hyper-civilized civilized 1 of 2 adjective as in cultured having or showing a taste for the fine arts and gracious living a civilized older couple who are celebrated for holding dinner parties that are attended by the city's best and brightest Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance cultured accomplished polished cultivated polite educated civil refined genteel couth literate sophisticated cosmopolitan scholarly bourgeois intellectual urbane cerebral highbrow mannerly courteous intellectualistic erudite intellectualist knowledgeable learned high-toned middlebrow well-bred highbrowed well-read hypercivilized overcivilized oversophisticated Antonyms & Near Antonyms uncivilized barbaric barbarous ignorant uncultured unrefined uneducated unpolished illiterate unlettered coarse philistine unintelligent ungenteel provincial lowbrow rustic unsophisticated backwoods uncouth crude vulgar boorish inelegant ill-mannered rustical ill-bred churlish clownish polyester cloddish See More civilized 2 of 2 verb past tense of civilize as in urbanized Synonyms & Similar Words urbanized citified cultivated
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