Civilize
verb
To teach a person or group to behave in a more polite or restrained way.
The missionaries tried to civilize the indigenous people by teaching them their customs and traditions
Often appears as...
- civilize a person
- civilize a group
verb
To improve a place or system by making it more modern or convenient.
The government planned to civilize the rural areas with better infrastructure
Often appears as...
- civilize a place
- civilize a society
verb
To teach a person or group to behave in a more polite or restrained way.
The missionaries tried to civilize the indigenous people by teaching them their customs and traditions
Often appears as...
- civilize a person
- civilize a group
verb
To improve a place or system by making it more modern or convenient.
The government planned to civilize the rural areas with better infrastructure
Often appears as...
- civilize a place
- civilize a society
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Politeness Focus
When using 'civilize' in this sense, there is an implication of teaching manners or proper behavior.
Schools help civilize children by instilling good manners.
Pro Tip 2/3Possibly Offensive
Be careful; saying someone needs to be 'civilize' can sound offensive, as it suggests they're uncultured or inferior.
It's rude to tell someone that you'll civilize them.
Pro Tip 3/3Colonial Overtones
The term can have colonial implications, hinting at forcing indigenous people to adopt foreign customs.
Historically, colonizers tried to civilize the lands they conquered.
Pro Tip 1/3Politeness Focus
When using 'civilize' in this sense, there is an implication of teaching manners or proper behavior.
Schools help civilize children by instilling good manners.
Pro Tip 2/3Possibly Offensive
Be careful; saying someone needs to be 'civilize' can sound offensive, as it suggests they're uncultured or inferior.
It's rude to tell someone that you'll civilize them.
Pro Tip 3/3Colonial Overtones
The term can have colonial implications, hinting at forcing indigenous people to adopt foreign customs.
Historically, colonizers tried to civilize the lands they conquered.
Pro Tip 1/3Politeness Focus
When using 'civilize' in this sense, there is an implication of teaching manners or proper behavior.
Schools help civilize children by instilling good manners.
Pro Tip 2/3Possibly Offensive
Be careful; saying someone needs to be 'civilize' can sound offensive, as it suggests they're uncultured or inferior.
It's rude to tell someone that you'll civilize them.
Pro Tip 3/3Colonial Overtones
The term can have colonial implications, hinting at forcing indigenous people to adopt foreign customs.
Historically, colonizers tried to civilize the lands they conquered.
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Music and creativity in...
as more than just school subjects. These were the hallmarks of civilization in what, to their eyes, was a pretty barbaric world. An educated, civilized person was expected to be proficient in all aspects of creative thought inspired by the Muses, and the common medium
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Tom Chatfield: 7 ways...
to keep the value, to keep it special. And the point is really that we evolved to be satisfied by the world in particular ways. Over tens and hundreds of thousands of years, we evolved to find certain things stimulating, and as very intelligent, civilized beings,
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Suzanne Talhouk: Don't...
That's why they use it in production, they pay a lot of money to develop it. Do we know better than them? All right, we aren't from the developed world, this advanced thinking hasn't reached us yet, and we would like to catch up with the civilized world.
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Science can answer moral...
now to say this it's not to say that we have got the the perfect solution in our own society commit for instance this is what it's like to go to a newsstand almost anywhere in the civilized world now granted for many men it may require
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The moral bias behind...
And he told everybody, "If there's something that this guy wants right now, it's to control the image of himself. Let's see if we can distort that. Let's see if we, in the civilized world, can protest against what he did
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Science can answer moral...
For instance, this is what it's like to go to a newsstand almost anywhere in the civilized world. Now, granted, for many men it may require a degree in philosophy to see something wrong with these images.
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Rayma Suprani: Dictators...
we once had a civilized world with free thinking. That one wall that my mother gave me the freedom to draw on feels infinite. And it's for that reason that I am still drawing. Thank you very much.
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our system of justice provides for the peaceful orderly means of addressing this frustration we must respect the process of law whether or not we agree with the outcome in a civilized society
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The building of...
went into building the cupola had an effect on the civilized world the cupola provided the thinking and the bulwark for next generation artists and thinkers and it started to forge the high
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Protecting the Tribes PIPE...
Phrygian tracker mama no no Roxy I know some the mama know that entire civilized especially isn't given
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Music and creativity in...
as more than just school subjects. These were the hallmarks of civilization in what, to their eyes, was a pretty barbaric world. An educated, civilized person was expected to be proficient in all aspects of creative thought inspired by the Muses, and the common medium
Video examples
Tom Chatfield: 7 ways...
to keep the value, to keep it special. And the point is really that we evolved to be satisfied by the world in particular ways. Over tens and hundreds of thousands of years, we evolved to find certain things stimulating, and as very intelligent, civilized beings,
Video examples
Suzanne Talhouk: Don't...
That's why they use it in production, they pay a lot of money to develop it. Do we know better than them? All right, we aren't from the developed world, this advanced thinking hasn't reached us yet, and we would like to catch up with the civilized world.
Video examples
Science can answer moral...
now to say this it's not to say that we have got the the perfect solution in our own society commit for instance this is what it's like to go to a newsstand almost anywhere in the civilized world now granted for many men it may require
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The moral bias behind...
And he told everybody, "If there's something that this guy wants right now, it's to control the image of himself. Let's see if we can distort that. Let's see if we, in the civilized world, can protest against what he did
Video examples
Science can answer moral...
For instance, this is what it's like to go to a newsstand almost anywhere in the civilized world. Now, granted, for many men it may require a degree in philosophy to see something wrong with these images.
Video examples
Rayma Suprani: Dictators...
we once had a civilized world with free thinking. That one wall that my mother gave me the freedom to draw on feels infinite. And it's for that reason that I am still drawing. Thank you very much.
Video examples
LA92 Panel - Live PIPE...
our system of justice provides for the peaceful orderly means of addressing this frustration we must respect the process of law whether or not we agree with the outcome in a civilized society
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The building of...
went into building the cupola had an effect on the civilized world the cupola provided the thinking and the bulwark for next generation artists and thinkers and it started to forge the high
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Protecting the Tribes PIPE...
Phrygian tracker mama no no Roxy I know some the mama know that entire civilized especially isn't given
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Charles Darwin
English Scientist
At some future period, not very distant as measured by centuries, the civilized races of man will almost certainly exterminate, and replace the savage races throughout the world.
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George Newbern
American Actor
Look at these ISIS people. These people are ruthless. They don't operate by any sort of normal civilized code. That's the world. There's a shadow world that exists out there.
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Sonia Sotomayor
American Judge
It is our responsibility to explain to the public how an often unpredictable system of justice is one that serves a productive, civilized, but always evolving, society.
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James Cameron
American Director
The snake kills by squeezing very slowly. This is how the civilized world slowly, slowly pushes into the forest and takes away the world that used to be.
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George Osborne
British Politician
A generous basic state pension is the least a civilized society should offer those who have worked hard and saved through their whole lives.
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Greg Boyle
American Clergyman
As a society, we come up lacking in many of the marks of compassion and wisdom by which we measure ourselves as civilized.
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Friedrich Schiller
German Dramatist
The rich become richer and the poor become poorer is a cry heard throughout the whole civilized world.
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Hillary Clinton
American Politician
To me you cannot be fully human, fully civilised, unless you recognise humanity in everyone.
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George P. Shultz
American Public Servant
The civilized world has a common stake in defeating the terrorists.
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Earl Warren
American Judge
In civilized life, law floats in a sea of ethics.
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Charles Darwin
English Scientist
At some future period, not very distant as measured by centuries, the civilized races of man will almost certainly exterminate, and replace the savage races throughout the world.
Quote examples
George Newbern
American Actor
Look at these ISIS people. These people are ruthless. They don't operate by any sort of normal civilized code. That's the world. There's a shadow world that exists out there.
Quote examples
Sonia Sotomayor
American Judge
It is our responsibility to explain to the public how an often unpredictable system of justice is one that serves a productive, civilized, but always evolving, society.
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James Cameron
American Director
The snake kills by squeezing very slowly. This is how the civilized world slowly, slowly pushes into the forest and takes away the world that used to be.
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George Osborne
British Politician
A generous basic state pension is the least a civilized society should offer those who have worked hard and saved through their whole lives.
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Greg Boyle
American Clergyman
As a society, we come up lacking in many of the marks of compassion and wisdom by which we measure ourselves as civilized.
Quote examples
Friedrich Schiller
German Dramatist
The rich become richer and the poor become poorer is a cry heard throughout the whole civilized world.
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Hillary Clinton
American Politician
To me you cannot be fully human, fully civilised, unless you recognise humanity in everyone.
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George P. Shultz
American Public Servant
The civilized world has a common stake in defeating the terrorists.
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Earl Warren
American Judge
In civilized life, law floats in a sea of ethics.
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