Civilised Definition & Meaning

civilised
adjective
  1. having a high state of culture and development both social and technological; "terrorist acts that shocked the civilized world"
  2. marked by refinement in taste and manners; "cultivated speech"; "cultured Bostonians"; "cultured tastes"; "a genteel old lady"; "polite society"

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