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UNCIVILIZED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does uncivilized mean?
• UNCIVILIZED (adjective)
The adjective UNCIVILIZED has 1 sense:
1. without civilizing influences
Familiarity information: UNCIVILIZED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Without civilizing influences
Synonyms:
barbarian; barbaric; savage; uncivilised; uncivilized; wild
Context example:
wild tribes
Similar:
noncivilised; noncivilized (not having a high state of culture and social development)
Context examples
"You make me feel uncivilized, Daisy," I confessed on my second glass of corky but rather impressive claret. "Can't you talk about crops or something?"
(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
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