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Definition: CIVILIZING

Part of Speech Definition
Adjective 1. Being educational. [Eve - graph theoretic]
2. Being cultural. [Eve - graph theoretic]
3. Being artistic. [Eve - graph theoretic]
4. Being edifying or enlightening.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb 1. To domesticate.[Eve - graph theoretic]
2. Present participle conjugation of the verb civilize.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Base
(civilize)		 1. Teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment.[Wordnet].
2. Raise from a barbaric to a civilized state; "The wild child found wandering in the forest was gradually civilized".[Wordnet].
3. Train to be discriminative in taste or judgment; "Cultivate your musical taste"; "Train your tastebuds"; "She is well schooled in poetry".[Wordnet].
4. To reclaim from a savage state; to instruct in the rules and customs of civilization; to educate; to refine.[Websters].
5. To admit as suitable to a civilized state.[Websters].
6. Base verb from the following inflections: civilizing, civilized, civilizes, civilizer, civilizers, civilizingly and civilizedly.[Eve - graph theoretic]

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Date "Civilizing" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1726. (references)

Specialty Definition: CIVILIZING

Domain Definition
Noah Webster [Verb] Reclaiming from savage life; instructing in arts and civility of manners.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.
Wiktionary [Verb] Present participle of civilize. (references)

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Common Expressions: CIVILIZING

Expressions Definition
The Civilizing Process The book The Civilizing Process written by German sociologist Norbert Elias was an influential work in sociology. It was first published in 1939 in German Über den Prozeß der Zivilisation but virtually ignored, republished in the 1960s when it was also translated into English. (references)

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Topics by Level of Interest: CIVILIZING

Topics sorted by level of Interest Level (1=low, 600=high)     Topics sorted Alphabetically Level (1=low, 600=high)
Civilizing mission 5     Civilizing mission 5
The Civilizing Process 4     The Civilizing Process 4

Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses).

Synonyms: civilizing
Position Synonyms (sorted by strength)

Adjective

 artistic, cultural, edifying, educational, enlightening, humanizing, intellectual, literary, civilising, coaching, developing, recrudescing.
Consider also: advancing, ennobling, uplifting.

Verb

 cultivating, civilise, civilize, educating, acquiring, aiming, checking, cropping, directing, evolving, explicating, formulating, happening, modernising, modernizing, naturalising, naturalizing, originating, overhauling, preparing, producing, trailing.
Consider also: improving, polishing, refining, altering, changing, cherishing, acquainting, bettering, elevating, instructing, promoting, spiritualizing, cultivate, educate, acquire, arise, break, check, develop, evolve, explicate, formulate, grow, happen, modernise, modernize, naturalize, originate, produce, take.

Noun

 conditioning, disciplining, grooming, railing, schooling, taming, training, uprising.
Consider also: downing, fostering, domesticating, tilling.

Other

 sophisticating.
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Computed Synonyms: civilizing

 Rank

 Intensity 

 Word

 Synonyms

 Synonyms of synonym

 1   22.3092   civilizing     educating     practising, developing, cultivating, creating, discovering   
 2   21.3193   civilizing     cultivating     developing, educating, cultivate, promoting, grow   
 3   16.3093   civilizing     raising     raise, lift, elevate, to elevate, lifting   
 4   13.3093   civilizing     polishing     sheening, glittering, gleaming, polish, glowing   
 5   12.3093   civilizing     exploiting     feating, deeding, utilising, exploit, bestowing   
 6   11.3094   civilizing     tilling     till, to, ploughing, before, before this   
 7   10.0796   civilizing     civilize     domesticate, reclaim, educate, cultivate, civilise   
 8   9.5094   civilizing     humanizing     ennobling, humanising, refining, reclaiming, softening   
 9   8.3091   civilizing     instructing     directing, ordering, acquainting, prescribing, announcing   
 10   7.3092   civilizing     taming     flatting, meeking, dulling, gentling, fainting   
 11   5.3094   civilizing     disciplining     ordering, correcting, subjecting, scourging, ruling   
 12   5.3093   civilizing     edifying     erecting, edify, instructive, enlightening, arranging   
 13   5.3090   civilizing     sophisticating     adulterating, falsifying, sophisticate, sophisticated, corrupting   
 14   4.3092   civilizing     patrolling     rounding, patrol, waying, reccing, sentinelling   
 15   4.3090   civilizing     domesticating     curbing, training, naturalizing, gentling, dominating   
--------------------     209 synonyms ranked from 16 to 224 abridged     --------------------

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Computed Synonyms via Expressions: civilizing

 Rank

 Intensity 

 Word

 Synonyms

 Synonyms of synonym

 1   5.0793   civilizing     to civilize     civilize, domesticate, domesticated   
 2   2.0089   civilizing     to reclaim     reclaim, claim, claiming   
 3   2.0089   civilizing     grow in size     evolve, to develop, developing   
 4   2.0086   civilizing     to domesticate     domesticate, to overpower, overpower   
 5   1.3090   civilizing     bring up     rear, raise, nurture   
 6   1.3088   civilizing     well educating     instructor, teacher, educationalist   
 7   1.0089   civilizing     make up     make, work, get   
 8   1.0089   civilizing     to form     make, to make, create   
 9   1.0089   civilizing     to process     work, to work, to fabricate   
 10   1.0089   civilizing     to evolve     evolve, develop, to develop   
 11   1.0089   civilizing     account for     explain, clarify, elucidate   
 12   1.0088   civilizing     to generate     generate, create, procreate   
 13   1.0088   civilizing     full growth     period of boom, boom, accretion   
 14   1.0086   civilizing     less elaborate     process, progress, lunge   
 15   1.0085   civilizing     increase in scale     growth, expansion, full growth   
--------------------     3 synonyms ranked from 16 to 18 abridged     --------------------

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Antonym: civilizing
Position Antonym (sorted by strength)

Adjective

 brutalizing.
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Translations: CIVILIZING

Language Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses)
Al Arabiya حضّر (civilize, civilized, civilizing, dispense, fix), حَضَّرَ (civilize, fetch, achieve, achieved, achieves), مَدَّنَ (civilize, urbanize, citified, citifies, citify). Additional references: Al Arabiya, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, civilizing. (volunteer & more translations)
Al Fus-Ha حضّر (civilize, civilized, civilizing, dispense, fix), حَضَّرَ (civilize, fetch, achieve, achieved, achieves), مَدَّنَ (civilize, urbanize, citified, citifies, citify). Additional references: Al Fus-Ha, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, civilizing. (volunteer & more translations)
Arabic حضّر (civilize, civilized, civilizing, dispense, fix), حَضَّرَ (civilize, fetch, achieve, achieved, achieves), مَدَّنَ (civilize, urbanize, citified, citifies, citify). Additional references: Arabic, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, civilizing. (volunteer & more translations)
Bahasa Indonesia mjdkan beradab (civilize, civilized, civilizing). Additional references: Bahasa Indonesia, Indonesia, Java, civilizing. (volunteer & more translations)
Bohemian civilizovat (civilize, reclaim, civilized, civilizing, detribalize). Additional references: Bohemian, Czech Republic, civilizing. (volunteer & more translations)
Brazilian Portuguese civilizando (civilizing, domesticating, reclaiming), policiando (civilizing, policing), domesticando (civilizing, domesticating), civilizing (civilizing), civilizar (to civilize, civilize, to domesticate, to reclaim, domesticate). Additional references: Brazilian Portuguese, Portugal, Angola, civilizing. (volunteer & more translations)
Central Danish civiliserende (civilizing). Additional references: Central Danish, Denmark, Germany, civilizing. (volunteer & more translations)
Central Tai ส่งเสริมให้เจริญ (civilize, civilized, civilizing). Additional references: Central Tai, Thailand, civilizing. (volunteer & more translations)
Cestina civilizovat (civilize, reclaim, civilized, civilizing, detribalize). Additional references: Cestina, Czech Republic, civilizing. (volunteer & more translations)
Czech civilizovat (civilize, reclaim, civilized, civilizing, detribalize). Additional references: Czech, Czech Republic, civilizing. (volunteer & more translations)
Daco-Rumanian civilizator (civilizing). Additional references: Daco-Rumanian, Romania, Hungary, civilizing. (volunteer & more translations)
Danish civiliserende (civilizing). Additional references: Danish, Denmark, Germany, civilizing. (volunteer & more translations)
Dansk civiliserende (civilizing). Additional references: Dansk, Denmark, Germany, civilizing. (volunteer & more translations)
Dari باتمدن (civilize, civilized, civilizing). Additional references: Dari, Iran, Indo-European, civilizing. (volunteer & more translations)
Deutsch zivilisatorisch (civilizing), zivilisieren (civilize, to civilize, civilizing, civilising, to civilize chiefly), kultivieren (cultivate, to cultivate, refine, breed, civilizing), entwickeln (develop, to develop, evolve, to evolve, conceive), zivilisierenden (civilizing), zivilisierend (civilizing). Additional references: Deutsch, Germany, Austria, civilizing. (volunteer & more translations)
Dutch beschavend (civilizing, well educating), vormen (shape, constitute, form, confirm, cut), ontwikkelen (develop, reveal, evolve, expand, generate), beschaven (civilize, civilization, cultivate, grow, humanize), cultiveren (cultivate, civilize, civilizing, stimulations, to cultivate). Additional references: Dutch, Netherlands, Aruba, civilizing. (volunteer & more translations)
Finnish sivistää (civilize, civilized, civilizing). Additional references: Finnish, Finland, Russia (Europe), civilizing. (volunteer & more translations)
Français civilisant (civilizing, well educating), civilisateur (civilizing, civilizer), civiliser (civilize, to civilize, civilizing, civilise, civilising), acte de civiliser (civilizing), développement (development, growth, developing, processing, evolution), civilisation (civilization, civilisation, culture, civilizing, cultures), éducation (education, upbringing, rearing, breeding, background). Additional references: Français, France, Algeria, civilizing. (volunteer & more translations)
French civilisant (civilizing, well educating), civilisateur (civilizing, civilizer), civiliser (civilize, to civilize, civilizing, civilise, civilising), acte de civiliser (civilizing), développement (development, growth, developing, processing, evolution), civilisation (civilization, civilisation, culture, civilizing, cultures), éducation (education, upbringing, rearing, breeding, background). Additional references: French, France, Algeria, civilizing. (volunteer & more translations)
German zivilisatorisch (civilizing), zivilisieren (civilize, to civilize, civilizing, civilising, to civilize chiefly), kultivieren (cultivate, to cultivate, refine, breed, civilizing), entwickeln (develop, to develop, evolve, to evolve, conceive), zivilisierenden (civilizing), zivilisierend (civilizing). Additional references: German, Germany, Austria, civilizing. (volunteer & more translations)
Greek εκπολιτ ζω (civilize, civilized, civilizing), πολιτιστικόσ (civilizing). Additional references: Greek, Greece, Albania, civilizing. (volunteer & more translations)
Greek (transliteration) ekpolit zo (civilize, civilized, civilizing), politistikos (civilizing). Additional references: Greek, Greece, Albania, civilizing. (volunteer & more translations)
Hebrew םדקתמ (advance, advanced, advances, astir, civilize). Additional references: Hebrew, Israel, civilizing. (volunteer & more translations)
High Arabic حضّر (civilize, civilized, civilizing, dispense, fix), حَضَّرَ (civilize, fetch, achieve, achieved, achieves), مَدَّنَ (civilize, urbanize, citified, citifies, citify). Additional references: High Arabic, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, civilizing. (volunteer & more translations)
High German zivilisatorisch (civilizing), zivilisieren (civilize, to civilize, civilizing, civilising, to civilize chiefly), kultivieren (cultivate, to cultivate, refine, breed, civilizing), entwickeln (develop, to develop, evolve, to evolve, conceive), zivilisierenden (civilizing), zivilisierend (civilizing). Additional references: High German, Germany, Austria, civilizing. (volunteer & more translations)
Hochdeutsch zivilisatorisch (civilizing), zivilisieren (civilize, to civilize, civilizing, civilising, to civilize chiefly), kultivieren (cultivate, to cultivate, refine, breed, civilizing), entwickeln (develop, to develop, evolve, to evolve, conceive), zivilisierenden (civilizing), zivilisierend (civilizing). Additional references: Hochdeutsch, Germany, Austria, civilizing. (volunteer & more translations)
Indonesian mjdkan beradab (civilize, civilized, civilizing). Additional references: Indonesian, Indonesia, Java, civilizing. (volunteer & more translations)
Italian civilizzando (civilizing), incivilendo (civilizing), civilizzatori (civilizing), civilizzatore (civilizing), ingentilendo (civilizing, refining), incivilimento (civilization, humanization, domestication, civilisation, civilizing). Additional references: Italian, Italy, Croatia, civilizing. (volunteer & more translations)
Ivrit םדקתמ (advance, advanced, advances, astir, civilize). Additional references: Ivrit, Israel, civilizing. (volunteer & more translations)
Kisuaheli staarabu (civilized, wise, civilize, civilizing, wiser). Additional references: Kisuaheli, Tanzania, Burundi, civilizing. (volunteer & more translations)
Kiswahili staarabu (civilized, wise, civilize, civilizing, wiser). Additional references: Kiswahili, Tanzania, Burundi, civilizing. (volunteer & more translations)
Moldavian civilizator (civilizing). Additional references: Moldavian, Romania, Hungary, civilizing. (volunteer & more translations)
Norwegian siviliserende (civilizing), Å sivilisering (civilizing). Additional references: Norwegian, Norway, civilizing. (volunteer & more translations)
Parsi باتمدن (civilize, civilized, civilizing). Additional references: Parsi, Iran, Indo-European, civilizing. (volunteer & more translations)
Persian باتمدن (civilize, civilized, civilizing). Additional references: Persian, Iran, Indo-European, civilizing. (volunteer & more translations)
Persian (Farsi) باتمدن (civilize, civilized, civilizing). Additional references: Persian (Farsi), Iran, Indo-European, civilizing. (volunteer & more translations)
Polish cywilizowała (civilize, civilized, civilizing). Additional references: Polish, Poland, Czech Republic, civilizing. (volunteer & more translations)
Polnisch cywilizowała (civilize, civilized, civilizing). Additional references: Polnisch, Poland, Czech Republic, civilizing. (volunteer & more translations)
Polski cywilizowała (civilize, civilized, civilizing). Additional references: Polski, Poland, Czech Republic, civilizing. (volunteer & more translations)
Portuguese policiando (civilizing, policing), domesticando (civilizing, domesticating), civilizando (civilizing, domesticating, reclaiming), civilizing (civilizing), civilizar (civilize, to civilize, domesticate, reclaim, to domesticate). Additional references: Portuguese, Portugal, Angola, civilizing. (volunteer & more translations)
Romanian civilizator (civilizing). Additional references: Romanian, Romania, Hungary, civilizing. (volunteer & more translations)
Rumanian civilizator (civilizing). Additional references: Rumanian, Romania, Hungary, civilizing. (volunteer & more translations)
Ruotsi civiliserande (civilizing, civilization), civilserad (civilizing). Additional references: Ruotsi, Sweden, Finland, civilizing. (volunteer & more translations)
Russian цивилизовать (civilize, civilized, civilizing). Additional references: Russian, Russia, China, civilizing. (volunteer & more translations)
Russian (transliteration) tsivilizovatʹ (civilize, civilized, civilizing). Additional references: Russian, Russia, China, civilizing. (volunteer & more translations)
Russki цивилизовать (civilize, civilized, civilizing). Additional references: Russki, Russia, China, civilizing. (volunteer & more translations)
Russki (transliteration) tsivilizovatʹ (civilize, civilized, civilizing). Additional references: Russki, Russia, China, civilizing. (volunteer & more translations)
Siamese ส่งเสริมให้เจริญ (civilize, civilized, civilizing). Additional references: Siamese, Thailand, civilizing. (volunteer & more translations)
Sjaelland civiliserende (civilizing). Additional references: Sjaelland, Denmark, Germany, civilizing. (volunteer & more translations)
Spanish civilizando (civilizing), civilizadores (civilizing), civilizadora (civilizing), civilizador (civilizing), Civilizar (civilize, domesticate, to civilize, civilising, civilized). Additional references: Spanish, Spain, Mexico, civilizing. (volunteer & more translations)
Standard Thai ส่งเสริมให้เจริญ (civilize, civilized, civilizing). Additional references: Standard Thai, Thailand, civilizing. (volunteer & more translations)
Suomea sivistää (civilize, civilized, civilizing). Additional references: Suomea, Finland, Russia (Europe), civilizing. (volunteer & more translations)
Suomi sivistää (civilize, civilized, civilizing). Additional references: Suomi, Finland, Russia (Europe), civilizing. (volunteer & more translations)
Svenska civiliserande (civilizing, civilization), civilserad (civilizing). Additional references: Svenska, Sweden, Finland, civilizing. (volunteer & more translations)
Swahili staarabu (civilized, wise, civilize, civilizing, wiser). Additional references: Swahili, Tanzania, Burundi, civilizing. (volunteer & more translations)
Swedish civiliserande (civilizing, civilization), civilserad (civilizing). Additional references: Swedish, Sweden, Finland, civilizing. (volunteer & more translations)
Thai ส่งเสริมให้เจริญ (civilize, civilized, civilizing). Additional references: Thai, Thailand, civilizing. (volunteer & more translations)
Thaiklang ส่งเสริมให้เจริญ (civilize, civilized, civilizing). Additional references: Thaiklang, Thailand, civilizing. (volunteer & more translations)
Turkish medenileştirmek (civilize, civilized, civilizing, domesticate, reclaim). Additional references: Turkish, Turkey, Bulgaria, civilizing. (volunteer & more translations)
Ukrainian цивўлўзуйте (civilize, civilized, civilizing). Additional references: Ukrainian, civilizing. (volunteer & more translations)
Ukrainian (transliteration) tsivўlўzuyte (civilize, civilized, civilizing). Additional references: Ukrainian, civilizing. (volunteer & more translations)
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Constructed Language Translations: CIVILIZING

Language Translations for “civilizing” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses.
Athag cathagivathagilathagizathaging (civilizing). Additional references: Athag, civilizing. (volunteer)
Double Dutch cagivagilagizaging (civilizing). Additional references: Double Dutch, civilizing. (volunteer)
Leet <¦\/¦|¦2¦6 (civilizing). Additional references: Leet, civilizing. (volunteer)
Oppish copivopilopizoping (civilizing). Additional references: Oppish, civilizing. (volunteer)
Pig Latin ivilizingcay (civilizing). Additional references: Pig Latin, civilizing. (volunteer)
Terran B civilizann (civilizing). Additional references: Terran B, civilizing. (volunteer)
Ubbi Dubbi cubivubilubizubing (civilizing). Additional references: Ubbi Dubbi, civilizing. (volunteer)
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