civilised
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Marked by refinement in taste and manners: Describes a person, group, or society that is polite, well-mannered, and sophisticated in behavior and social customs.
- Having a high state of culture and development both social and technological: Describes a society or community that is advanced in its social organization, arts, sciences, and technology.
Examples of Usage
- Adjective:
- The guests at the dinner party were very civilised, engaging in polite conversation.
- Terrorist acts shocked the civilised world.
- She comes from a civilised background where etiquette is highly valued.
Advanced Usage
- "civilised society": A society characterized by advanced social, cultural, and legal structures.
- A fundamental goal is to build a just and civilised society.
- "civilised discourse": Polite and rational discussion or debate.
- We must return to a more civilised discourse in our political debates.
Variants and Related Words
- Civilise (verb): To bring to a more advanced or humane stage of social development; to educate in matters of culture.
- The mission aimed to civilise the remote tribe. (Note: This usage is now often considered outdated and ethnocentric.)
- Civilisation (noun): An advanced state of human society, or a particular society at such a stage.
- Ancient Egyptian civilisation left behind incredible monuments.
- Civil (adjective): Polite and formal, but not necessarily implying a high level of cultural development.
- Please try to keep this discussion civil.
Synonyms
- Cultured: Characterized by refined taste and manners and a good education.
- Polite: Having or showing behavior that is respectful and considerate of other people.
- Sophisticated: Having, revealing, or involving a great deal of worldly experience and knowledge of fashion and culture.
- Refined: Elegant and cultured in appearance, manner, or taste.
Antonyms
- Uncivilised: Not socially, culturally, or technologically advanced; lacking good manners.
- Barbaric: Savagely cruel; exceedingly brutal. Also, primitive; unsophisticated.
- Crude: Offensively coarse or rude, especially in relation to sexual matters; also, in a natural or raw state.
Related Idioms and Phrases
- A civilised hour: A reasonably late morning time, as opposed to very early.
- Let's meet for brunch at a civilised hour, say 10 AM.
- The civilised thing to do: The polite, proper, or expected action in a social situation.
- Offering your seat to the elderly person is the civilised thing to do.
Adjective
- marked by refinement in taste and manners
- cultivated speech
- cultured Bostonians
- cultured tastes
- a genteel old lady
- polite society
- having a high state of culture and development both social and technological
- terrorist acts that shocked the civilized world