Definition of Civilized

Civilized

of Civilize
Reclaimed from savage life and manners; instructed in arts, learning, and civil manners; refined; cultivated.

Civilized Quotations

Money, not morality, is the principle commerce of civilized nations.
Thomas Jefferson

If one could only teach the English how to talk, and the Irish how to listen, society here would be quite civilized.
Oscar Wilde

The civilized man has built a coach, but has lost the use of his feet.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

A civilized society is one which tolerates eccentricity to the point of doubtful sanity.
Robert Frost

This will never be a civilized country until we spend more money for books than we do for chewing gum.
Elbert Hubbard

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Civilized Translations

civilized in German is gesittet, zivilisierte
civilized in Spanish is modoso, civilizado
civilized in Swedish is civiliserad

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