Thesaurus / civilized
FEEDBACKHow to use civilized in a sentence
Although it sounds like you just put your house shoes in the microwave, the process can be more civilized than that.
BEST HEATED SLIPPERS: SAY GOODBYE TO COLD FEETERI SIMMONSAUGUST 20, 2021POPULAR-SCIENCEThat the only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others.
THE ECONOMIC CASE FOR VACCINE PASSPORTS - FACTS SO ROMANTICROBERT H. FRANKAUGUST 17, 2021NAUTILUSHe began by saying that “England and all civilized nations stand in deadly peril,” variously referring to “a colossal problem” of “urgent importance,” an “impending catastrophe,” and “a life-and-death question for generations to come.”
WHY I’M A PROUD SOLUTIONISTJASON CRAWFORDJULY 13, 2021MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEWHis 2015 paper, “A SARS-like cluster of circulating bat coronaviruses shows potential for human emergence,” was a tour de force, utilizing bleeding-edge genetic technology to alert the civilized world to a looming danger on its periphery.
INSIDE THE RISKY BAT-VIRUS ENGINEERING THAT LINKS AMERICA TO WUHANROWAN JACOBSENJUNE 29, 2021MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEWA civilized society protects children and vulnerable populations.
THE BABY BROKERS: INSIDE AMERICA’S MURKY PRIVATE-ADOPTION INDUSTRYTIK ROOTJUNE 3, 2021TIMEIn a chilling opinion, the court said “a sentence to the Arkansas Penitentiary today amounts to a banishment from civilized society to a dark and evil world.”
HE ROBBED A TACO JOINT WITH A TOY WATER GUN FOR $264. HE GOT LIFE IN PRISON.KATE BRIQUELETMAY 31, 2021THE DAILY BEASTIt is the laboratory of a new urban way of life which is sweeping the civilized world.
WHAT’S BIGGER THAN A MEGACITY? CHINA’S PLANNED CITY CLUSTERSLING XINAPRIL 28, 2021MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEWSo making sipes smaller on tires biased to on-road use helps make those tires more civilized.
EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT ALL-TERRAIN TIRESWES SILERAPRIL 6, 2021OUTSIDE ONLINEI believe in a civilized society that some basic level of healthcare services is appropriate.
HOW TO FIX THE HOT MESS OF U.S. HEALTHCARE (EP. 456)STEPHEN J. DUBNERAPRIL 1, 2021FREAKONOMICSAttacking private property was meant to be off-limits in the “civilized” prosecution of war.
THE SIMILARITIES TO THE LAST INVASION OF THE CAPITOL MATTER — SO DO THE DIFFERENCESLAWRENCE HATTERJANUARY 11, 2021WASHINGTON POSTWORDS RELATED TO CIVILIZED
- affable
- agreeable
- amiable
- amusing
- bland
- charming
- cheerful
- civil
- civilized
- congenial
- convivial
- cool
- copacetic
- cordial
- delectable
- delightful
- diplomatic
- enchanting
- engaging
- enjoyable
- fine
- fine and dandy
- fun
- genial
- good-humored
- gracious
- gratifying
- homey
- jolly
- jovial
- kindly
- likable
- lovely
- mild
- mild-mannered
- nice
- obliging
- pleasing
- pleasurable
- polite
- refreshing
- satisfying
- social
- soft
- sweet
- sympathetic
- urbane
- welcome
- acclimatized
- amenable
- biddable
- bridled
- broken
- busted
- civilized
- cultivated
- disciplined
- docile
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- fearless
- gentle
- gentle as a lamb
- habituated
- harmless
- harnessed
- housebroken
- kindly
- manageable
- meek
- mild
- muzzled
- obedient
- overcome
- pliable
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- subdued
- submissive
- tractable
- trained
- unafraid
- unresisting
- yoked
- acclimatized
- amenable
- biddable
- bridled
- broken
- busted
- civilized
- cultivated
- disciplined
- docile
- domestic
- fearless
- gentle
- gentle as a lamb
- habituated
- harmless
- harnessed
- housebroken
- kindly
- manageable
- meek
- mild
- muzzled
- obedient
- overcome
- pliable
- pliant
- subdued
- submissive
- tractable
- trained
- unafraid
- unresisting
- yoked
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