civilize
Meaning of civilize
verb
- To educate or enlighten a person or people to a perceived higher standard of behaviour.
- To introduce or impose the standards of one civilisation upon another civilization, group or person, arguably with the intent of achieving a perceived higher standard of behavior.
- To bring from a state of savagery to an educated or refined state.
Information about civilize
- It is a verb.
- The plural form of civilize is: civilizes.
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Hyphenation of civilize
civ-i-lize
- It consists of 3 syllables and 8 chars.
- civilize is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
civilize synonyms
Meaning educate:
educate, school, train, cultivate
Words that rhyme with civilize
Baalize, Continentalize, Heliogabalize, Occidentalize, Orientalize, Provencalize, Tagalize, abnormalize, acetalize, actualize, adrenalize, adverbialize, alkalize, amoralize, anacephalize, animalize, annalize, annualize, arterialize, artificialize, asexualize, bacchanalize, balize, banalize, bestialize, brachycephalize, brutalize, cabbalize, canalize, cannibalize, canonicalize, capitalize, carnalize, casualize, celestialize, centralize, centrifugalize, cerebralize, ceremonialize, chaptalize, chemicalize, chloralize, classicalize, clericalize, coalize, coeducationalize, coequalize, collateralize, colloquialize, colonialize
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