Meanings
civilisated1
comparative more civilisated · superlative most civilisated
- Non-Oxford British spelling of civilizated.
Now Turks have all human rights, as everywhere in the civilisated world.
1996 January 24, Plamen Malinov, “The Macedonian Minority in Greece”, in alt.news.macedonia (Usenet)2 more examples
On the Maldives island several tourists have been arrested and condamned^([sic]) for life. That what they have done in civilisated countries not even would be sufficient for a penalty of 5 cents!
1997 January 24, Roland Schorno, “Is Allah dead?”, in soc.rights.human (Usenet)The final goal for guidelines is improving newsgroup experience in some way. If most people follows^([sic]) the guidelines the newsgroup will become more civilisated.
2008 March 14, Juan R., “Update on viewpoint on history of relativity”, in sci.physics.relativity (Usenet)
civilisated2
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of civilisate
Origin
civilisated · adjective
An alteration of civilised by back-formation from civilisation.
Full word history & related roots →civilisated · verb
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
civilisated. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/civilisated
“civilisated.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/civilisated. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “civilisated,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/civilisated.
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