civilizedとは意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪv.ɪ.laɪzd/
• ハイフネーション: civ‧i‧lized

形容詞

civilized (comparative more civilized, superlative most civilized)

1. Having a highly developed society or culture; belonging to civilization.
   • 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 196:

     Like the wolf, man the hunter in killing the weak and unfit, actually works to maintain the health of the herd. But civilized man is quite a different animal, and when he wipes out an entire city or levels a forest, he is no longer working within the natural balance of things.

2. Showing evidence of moral and intellectual advancement; humane, reasonable, ethical.
3. Marked by refinement in taste and manners.
   • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 5, in The China Governess‎^[1]:

     A waiter brought his aperitif, which was a small scotch and soda, and as he sipped it gratefully he sighed.
        ‘Civilized,’ he said to Mr. Campion. ‘Humanizing.’ […] ‘Cigars and summer days and women in big hats with swansdown face-powder, that's what it reminds me of.’

派生語

• civilizedly