well civilized

adjective

having an advanced or humane culture, society, etc.

polite; well-bred; refined.

of or pertaining to civilized people: The civilized world must fight ignorance.

easy to manage or control; well organized or ordered: The car is quiet and civilized, even in sharp turns.

Origin:
1605–15; civilize + -ed²

Related forms

civ·i·liz·ed·ness

[siv-uh-lahy-zid-nis, -lahyzd] , noun

half-civ·il·ized, adjective

hy·per·civ·i·lized, adjective

non·civ·i·lized, adjective

sub·civ·i·lized, adjective

su·per·civ·i·lized, adjective

ul·tra·civ·i·lized, adjective

well-civ·i·lized, adjective

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civilized or civilised (ˈsɪvɪˌlaɪzd)

—*adj*
1.	having a high state of culture and social development
2.	cultured; polite: a civilized discussion

civilised or civilised

—*adj*

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Word Origin & History

civilize

c.1600, from Fr. civiliser, lit. "to make citified," from O.Fr. civil, from L. civilis (see civil).

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"The nineteenth-century novelist Thomas Love Peacock once remarked critically that "a poet in our times is a semi-barbarian in a civilized community.... The march of his intellect is like that of a crab, backward." It is my suspicion that though many moderns would applaud what Peacock probably meant only ironically, there is a certain virtue in the sidelong retreat of the crab. He never runs, he never ceases to face what menaces him, and he always keeps his pincers well to the fore. He is a creature adapted by nature for rearguard action and withdrawal, but never rout. The true poet is just such a fortunate creation as the elusive crab. He is born wary and is frequently in retreat because he is a protector of the human spirit."

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