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uncivilized

adj
/ʌnˈsɪvəlaɪzd/

Etymology

From un- + civilized.

Definitions

  1. Not having developed a civilization.

    • The explorers wrote about the so-called uncivilized tribes.

  2. Crude, barbarous, wild, uncultured.

    • utterly uncivilized
    • They described the practice as uncivilized.

  3. Lacking good manners.

    • uncivilized behavior
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. simple past and past participle of uncivilize

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at uncivilized. 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.

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A definitional loop anchored at uncivilized. 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 uncivilized

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