Associations to the word «Civilized»

Wiktionary

CIVILIZED, adjective. Having a highly developed society or culture.
CIVILIZED, adjective. Showing evidence of moral and intellectual advancement; humane, reasonable, ethical.
CIVILIZED, adjective. Marked by refinement in taste and manners.

Dictionary definition

CIVILIZED, adjective. Having a high state of culture and development both social and technological; "terrorist acts that shocked the civilized world".
CIVILIZED, adjective. Marked by refinement in taste and manners; "cultivated speech"; "cultured Bostonians"; "cultured tastes"; "a genteel old lady"; "polite society".

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley