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synonyms for civilize

  • acquaint
  • enlighten
  • ennoble
  • humanize
  • idealize
  • refine
  • sophisticate
  • tame
  • acculturate
  • advance
  • better
  • cultivate
  • edify
  • educate
  • elevate
  • enrich
  • foster
  • improve
  • indoctrinate
  • inform
  • instruct
  • polish
  • promote
  • reclaim
  • spiritualize
  • uplift
  • ethicize
  • help forward
See also synonyms for: civilized / civilizing

antonyms for civilize

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  • mislead
  • condemn
  • decrease
  • demote
  • hurt
  • ignore
  • learn
  • neglect
  • worsen
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How to use civilize in a sentence

He made you city dwellers and civilized you with good laws and customs.
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Sometimes it takes just one civilizing meal to make us feel like ourselves again.
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Alexander Stuart, the third interior secretary, once declared that the United States’ mission was to “civilize or exterminate” native people.
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A person who had resided some time on the coast of Africa, was asked if he thought it possible to civilize the natives?
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Nothing but slavery ever partially civilized him, nothing but slavery continued in some form can civilize him further!
THE MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. DAY, 1995, MEMORIAL ISSUEVARIOUS
But our object in the country is to civilize and Christianize the Indian tribes among whom we are located.
EARLY WESTERN TRAVELS 1748-1846, VOLUME XXXJOEL PALMER
Are they useful men helping to civilize and elevate their less fortunate fellows?
THE NEGRO PROBLEMBOOKER T. WASHINGTON, ET AL.
History furnishes us with abundant and specific evidence of his capacity to civilize and Christianize.
HISTORY OF THE NEGRO RACE IN AMERICA FROM 1619 TO 1880. VOL 1GEORGE W. WILLIAMS
With the exception of the railway I am not aware that any attempts have been made to civilize the Manchus.
EMPIRES AND EMPERORS OF RUSSIA, CHINA, KOREA, AND JAPANPTER VAY
Mendoza the better to civilize these turbulent tribes, chose a site for a city in the midst of their population.
MEXICOSUSAN HALE
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WORDS RELATED TO CIVILIZE

  • assimilate
  • civilize
  • cultivate
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