uncivilized
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5.9
- adjective
- /ʌnˈsɪvəlˌaɪzd/
- Offensive
:
incivilizado
- Guns before breakfast are so uncivilized don't you think?
- uncivilized savage
- uncivilized and backward
- uncivilized and primitive
It would be easy for us to revert to the uncivilized world.
- It would be easy for us to revert to the uncivilized world.
- I think, for my part, there are many nations so uncivilized and barbarous as to have no notion.
- You know, consider to be totally uncivilized.
Examples
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Many historians argue that labeling entire societies as uncivilized ignores their rich cultures and traditions.
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- I will not submit to this uncivilized behavior!
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- It's a little bit uncivilized, though.
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We have never lived this uncivilized since I was a little kid.
Fiction book (1990) -
"to see all of my friends act this way, so uncivilized."
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You know, that rude, like, uncivilized New York thing we got?
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To believe in only one god was not only ridiculous; it was uncivilized.
Fiction book (1998) -
However, with the right connections, even in this part of the world, we are not entirely uncivilized.
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Once, in the middle of what he considered to be wild and uncivilized territory, he injured his knee.
Academic text (1994) -
And she'd had the nerve to tell him he was the uncivilized one.
Fiction book (1990)
Synonyms
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1.0
Living in a natural state and not tamed by people
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6.3
Extremely cruel and violent with no respect for people
10
8.4
Not polite or well behaved in a rough way
10
4.7
A person who has little experience of the world and seems naive
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6.0
Not polite and rude to other people
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7.0
Not knowing or understanding important information
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8.4
Not having modern culture or polite ways
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7.6
Not civilized and often rude in behavior
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5.6
Showing little interest in art or books and having bad manners
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9.9
Having very old-fashioned rude attitudes that reject modern social ideas
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7.2
Not showing good manners toward others
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7.1
Rude and showing bad manners
A society that has little culture or social development
Not having the customs, laws, or arts of a developed society
Not polite and not showing good manners
Antonyms
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3.7
Advanced in social, cultural and technological development with order and refinement
How Civilized
10
4.7
- Offensive
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5.6
- Offensive
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5.9
- Slur
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7.2
61
6.3
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Uncivilized is made of un- 'not' and civil from a word for 'citizen' or 'city', the same root as civilization. So uncivilized means 'not part of a developed society', which is why we use it for people, behaviour, or places that seem to lack social or cultural rules.