What is the difference between civilized and civilization?
civilized | civilization |
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
‘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.’}} An organized culture encompassing many communities, often on the scale of a nation or a people; a stage or system of social, political or technical development.
(uncountable) Human society, particularly civil society.
The act or process of civilizing]] or becoming [[civilize, civilized.
The state or quality of being civilized.
(obsolete) The act of rendering a criminal process civil.
Collectively, those people of the world considered to have a high standard of behavior and / or a high level of development. Commonly subjectively used by people of one society to exclusively refer to their society, or their elite sub-group, or a few associated societies, implying all others, in time or geography or status, as something less than civilised]], as savages or [[barbarian, barbarians. cf refinement, elitism, civilised society, the Civilised World
As an adjective civilized
is having a highly developed society or culture.As a noun civilization is
an organized culture encompassing many communities, often on the scale of a nation or a people; a stage or system of social, political, or technical development.As a proper noun civilization is
collectively, those people of the world considered to have a high standard of behavior and / or a high level of development. Commonly subjectively used by people of one society to exclusively refer to their society, or their elite sub-group, or a few associated societies, implying all others, in time or geography or status, as something less than civilised, as savages or barbarians. cf refinement, elitism, civilised society, the Civilised Worldcivilized
English
Alternative forms
* civilised (mostly British)Adjective
(en adjective)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
* civilcivilization
Alternative forms
* civilisation (UK)Noun
(en noun)- the Aztec civilization
- Western civilization
- Modern civilization is a product of industrialization and globalization.
- A hermit doesn't much care for civilization .
- I'm glad to be back in civilization after a day with that rowdy family.
- The teacher's civilization of the child was no easy task.
- He was a man of great civilization .
