having a high state of culture and development both social and technological; "terrorist acts that shocked the civilized world"
marked by refinement in taste and manners; "cultivated speech"; "cultured Bostonians"; "cultured tastes"; "a genteel old lady"; "polite society
Reclaimed from savage life and manners; instructed in arts, learning, and civil manners; refined; cultivated
civi·lized in BRIT, also use civilised1. approval If you describe a society as civilized, you mean that it is advanced and has sensible laws and customs. I believed that in civilized countries, torture had ended long ago
having a high state of culture and development both social and technological; "terrorist acts that shocked the civilized world" marked by refinement in taste and manners; "cultivated speech"; "cultured Bostonians"; "cultured tastes"; "a genteel old lady"; "polite society
If you describe a person or their behaviour as civilized, you mean that they are polite and reasonable. I wrote to my ex-wife. She was very civilised about it