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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. having a high state of culture and development both social and technological;
- Example: "terrorist acts that shocked the civilized world"
[syn: civilized, civilised]

2. marked by refinement in taste and manners;
- Example: "cultivated speech"
- Example: "cultured Bostonians"
- Example: "cultured tastes"
- Example: "a genteel old lady"
- Example: "polite society"
[syn: civilized, civilised, cultivated, cultured, genteel, polite]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

civilised
    adj 1: having a high state of culture and development both
           social and technological; "terrorist acts that shocked
           the civilized world" [syn: civilized, civilised]
           [ant: noncivilised, noncivilized]
    2: marked by refinement in taste and manners; "cultivated
       speech"; "cultured Bostonians"; "cultured tastes"; "a genteel
       old lady"; "polite society" [syn: civilized, civilised,
       cultivated, cultured, genteel, polite]