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Civilized vs Civility - What's the difference?

civilized | civility |

As an adjective civilized

is having a highly developed society or culture.

As a noun civility is

politeness; courtesy; an individual act or a manner of behaving which conforms to social conventions of propriety.

civilized

English

Alternative forms

* civilised (mostly British)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Having a highly developed society or culture.
  • Showing evidence of moral and intellectual advancement; humane, reasonable, ethical.
  • Marked by refinement in taste and manners.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
    • , chapter=5 citation , passage=A waiter brought his aperitif, which was a small scotch and soda, and as he sipped it gratefully he sighed.
       ‘Civilized ,’ he said to Mr. Campion. ‘Humanizing.’ […] ‘Cigars and summer days and women in big hats with swansdown face-powder, that's what it reminds me of.’}}

    See also

    * civil

    civility

    English

    (wikipedia civility)

    Noun

  • Politeness]]; courtesy; an individual act or a manner of [[behave, behaving which conforms to social conventions of propriety.
  • * Chesterfield
    • The insolent civility of a proud man is, if possible, more shocking than his rudeness could be.
  • (obsolete) The state of society in which the relations and duties of a citizen are recognized and obeyed; civilization.
  • * Sir J. Davies
    • Monarchies have risen from barbarism to civility , and fallen again to ruin.
  • (obsolete) A civil office, or a civil process.
  • * Latimer
    • To serve in a civility .