| a. | 1. | Reclaimed from savage life and manners; instructed in arts, learning, and civil manners; refined; cultivated. |
| Adj. | 1. | civilized - having a high state of culture and development both social and technological; "terrorist acts that shocked the civilized world" Synonyms: civilised Antonyms: noncivilised, noncivilized - not having a high state of culture and social development |
| 2. | civilized - marked by refinement in taste and manners; "cultivated speech"; "cultured Bostonians"; "cultured tastes"; "a genteel old lady"; "polite society" |
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