civilize – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
civilize (Amer.)
v.
educate, cultivate, humanize, refine, tame (also civilise)
Civilization
A
civilization (US) or
civilisation (UK) is any
complex society characterized by
urban development,
symbolic communication forms (typically,
writing systems), and a perceived separation from and domination over the
natural environment by a cultural elite. Civilizations are intimately associated with and often further defined by other socio-politico-economic characteristics, including
centralization, the
domestication of both humans and other organisms,
specialization of labor, culturally ingrained
ideologies of progress and
supremacism,
monumental architecture,
taxation, societal dependence upon
farming as an agricultural practice, and
expansionism.
civilize
Verb
1. train to be discriminative in taste or judgment; "Cultivate your musical taste"; "Train your tastebuds"; "She is well schooled in poetry"
(synonym) educate, school, train, cultivate, civilise
(hypernym) polish, refine, fine-tune, down
(hyponym) sophisticate
(derivation) refinement, civilization, civilisation
2. raise from a barbaric to a civilized state; "The wild child found wandering in the forest was gradually civilized"
(synonym) civilise
(hypernym) change, alter, modify
(derivation) civilization, civilisation
civilizar
v.
civilize; domesticate; polish; reclaim
civilize (Amer.)
v.
civilizovat
