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enlightened
Freed from illusion
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  1. Freed from illusion
  2. Exceedingly wise
  3. Made aware of something
refined
Free from crudeness or coarseness; cultivated; elegant
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  1. Free from crudeness or coarseness; cultivated; elegant
  2. Precise to a fine degree.
  3. Made free from other matter, or from impurities; purified
advanced
Ahead of the times; progressive:
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  1. Ahead of the times; progressive:
  2. Far along in course or time:
  3. Being at a higher level than others:
cultivated
Grown by cultivation
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  1. Grown by cultivation
  2. Of, relating to, or produced in cultivation:
  3. Educated; polished; refined.
cultured
Artificially developed.
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  1. Artificially developed.
  2. (Biol.) Grown in a specially prepared medium
  3. Educated, polished, and refined; cultivated.
educated
Based on a certain amount of experience or factual knowledge:
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  1. Based on a certain amount of experience or factual knowledge:
  2. Having attained a level of higher education, such as a college degree.
  3. Having or exhibiting cultivation; cultured:
polished
Having the husk or outer layers removed. Used of grains of rice.
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  1. Having the husk or outer layers removed. Used of grains of rice.
  2. Refined or sophisticated:
  3. Refined, elegant.
refined
Free from crudeness or coarseness; cultivated; elegant
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  1. Free from crudeness or coarseness; cultivated; elegant
  2. Made free from other matter, or from impurities; purified
  3. Precise to a fine degree.
urbane
Polite and courteous in a smooth, polished way; refined
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  1. Polite and courteous in a smooth, polished way; refined
  2. Polite, refined, and often elegant in manner.
well-bred
Alternative form of well-bred.
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  1. Alternative form of well-bred.
  2. Raised to be well-mannered and refined.
  3. Born to parents considered to be of good stock. Used of animals.
Find another word for civilized. In this page you can discover 14 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for civilized, like: enlightened, refined, advanced, cultured, educated, refined, cultivated, cultured, educated, polished and refined.

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  • I think they believe themselves to be more civilized than that.

  • Among the more civilized, however, the Malay numerals up to ten are adopted by the Sakai.

  • Representatives of their race are also found scattered among the Malayan villages throughout the country, and also along the coast, but these have intermixed so much with the Malays, and have acquired so many customs, &c., from their more civilized neighbours, that they can no longer be regarded as typical of the race to which they belong.

  • The civilized man is a more experienced and wiser savage.

  • Yes, I wonder about our idea of civilized sometimes.

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