uncivilizeとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From un- +‎ civilize.

動詞

uncivilize (third-person singular simple present uncivilizes, present participle uncivilizing, simple past and past participle uncivilized) (American and Oxford British spelling)

1. (transitive) To make uncivilized.

   Synonym: decivilize

   • 1831, John Stuart Mill, The Spirit of the Age:

     May his abortive effort to uncivilize human nature, to uncultivate the mind of man, and turn it into a desolate waste, be the last!