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civilise

verb
/ˈsɪvɪlaɪz/

Etymology

From civil + -ise.

  1. derived from cīvīlis — “relating to a citizen”
  2. derived from civil
  3. inherited from cyvyl
  4. suffixed as civilise — “civil + ise”

Definitions

  1. To educate or enlighten a person or people to a perceived higher standard of behaviour.

  2. To introduce or impose the standards of one civilisation upon another civilization, group…

    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.

  3. To bring from a state of savagery to an educated or refined state.

The neighborhood

Derived

decivilise, uncivilise

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at civilise. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01civilise02savagery03barbarity04barbaric05uncivilized06civilization07civilizing08civilize

A definitional loop anchored at civilise. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at civilise

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA