civilizedciv‧i‧lized (also civilised British English) /ˈsɪvəl-aɪzd/ adjectiveExamples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
Care for the disabled, old, and sick is essential in a civilized society.
I tried talking to her in a civilized manner, but she refused to listen.
The Yosemite hotels are too civilized for Stacey's taste; she prefers sleeping in a tent.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
Even very conservative commentators can regard the conditions within some prisons as morally intolerable to a civilized community.
In their presence, the audience could feel its civilized surface annulled and replaced by a consoling sense of unity with nature.
In Vienna the pace of life was more civilized.
Not that they needed a fire, it was just that a fire was more civilized.
The only problem was how to set them loose in a manner not too blatantly contravening all the rules of civilized warfare.
To do otherwise would have been tantamount to branding yourself an obscene, inhuman monster, an outcast from civilized society.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES►a civilized society
· A civilized society should treat its elderly members well.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB►more
· Surely the place you work in has a more civilized atmosphere?· To make the country even more civilized the railways were embarking on building great hotels by their stations for the first time.· Not that they needed a fire, it was just that a fire was more civilized.· In Vienna the pace of life was more civilized.· If reparation were more consistently pursued we should have a much more civilized and morally acceptable penal system than the present one.· Inside, a more civilized and settled atmosphere would be hard to find.· The prophets they portray were at once more civilized than their masters and more closely in touch with the divine will.· The artist is being at once more primitive as well as more civilized, than his contemporaries.
NOUN►society
· To do otherwise would have been tantamount to branding yourself an obscene, inhuman monster, an outcast from civilized society.· In civilized societies social considerations further intensified the value attached to ivory, as is the case of other materials.· Beaujolais should not be a civilized society lady; it is the one-night-stand of wines.
►world
· But it did not bring an end to the speculation and confusion which was rending the civilized world.· In a civilized world, hours of work should not be continually excessive.· In a civilized world that course is controlled.
Phrases
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY►a civilized hour
Can't we have the meeting at a more civilized hour?
1a civilized society is well organized and developed, and has fair laws and customs → civilization: Such things should not happen in a civilized society.2pleasant and comfortable → civilized: ‘This is very civilized,’ she said, lying back with a gin and tonic.3behaving in a polite sensible way instead of getting angry: Let’s try and be civilized about this, shall we?4a civilized hour a time that is not too early in the morning: Can’t we have the meeting at a more civilized hour?