decivilizev.

/dɪˈsɪvɪlʌɪz/

Etymology: de- prefix 2a: in modern French déciviliser (Littré).

To divest of civilization, to degrade from a civilized condition.

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a1859 De Quincey has decivilized (F. Hall).

1876 H. Spencer Princ. Sociol. I. §71 We have but to imagine ourselves de-civilized.

1892 Sat. Rev. 27 Aug. 246/1 He was barbarized, de-civilized, and enslaved.

Derivatives

deciviliˈzation n. the process or condition of losing civilization.

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society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > civilization > lack of civilization > [noun] > rendering uncivilized

vandalization1800

rebarbarization1833

barbarization1854

barbarizing1861

decivilization1878

1878 N. Amer. Rev. 127 447 General harm, and decivilization, of the people.

1885 E. W. Benson in Law Times 78 338/1 If it might stem by even its own ruin the process of decivilisation.

deˈcivilized adj.

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society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > civilization > lack of civilization > [adjective] > rendering uncivilized

barbarized1602

barbarizing1809

decivilized1831

barbarianized1885

decivilizing1889

1831 M. Holley Texas (1833) 43 It sometimes happens that a white man from the States, who has become somewhat decivilized (to coin a word), is substituted.

deˈcivilizing n. and adj.

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