civilised world
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcivilizeandworld
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civilize
verb[T]
uk/ˈsɪv.əl.aɪz/us/ˈsɪv.əl.aɪz/
to educate a society so that its culture becomes ...
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world
noun
uk/wɜːld/us/wɝːld/
the earth and all the people, places, and things ...
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(Definition ofcivilizeandworldfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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In today'scivilisedworld, the disparity between men and women, and majorities and minorities, must be done away with.
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The refugees simply must be rehabilitated; it is the duty of the wholecivilisedworld, out of sheer humanity, to help in their rehabilitation.
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We are all working sincerely and assiduously towards a situation in which we share the common values of a peaceful, democratic andcivilisedworld.
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The future generation will be sickly, ill-nourished, and a disgrace to thecivilisedworld.
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Our function is to assist the other place and to participate in the total democracy which is the envy of most of thecivilisedworld.
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Their calm courage has commanded the admiration of the entirecivilisedworld.
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That service has been satisfactorily delivered and standards have been achieved that are envied throughout thecivilisedworld.
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He has handled it with such skill as to commend it to the admiration practically of thecivilisedworld.
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There is a symphony orchestra which would do credit to any of the great capitals of thecivilisedworld.
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Presumably, that is no other jurisdiction in thecivilisedworld.
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Is not this repugnant to the whole of thecivilisedworld?
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Thecivilisedworldis gradually coming to realise that such behaviour is intolerable and those who perpetrate it must face the music.
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Where in thecivilisedworldwill you find a similar example of self-restraint?
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I believe that in acivilisedworldwe have a duty to play our part.
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We are proceeding as fast as we can to solve a problem that is very difficult, but surely not intractable in acivilisedworld.
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That will be unique throughout thecivilisedworld.
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Whether we like it or not, this is a responsibility of the wholecivilisedworld.
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The limits of the battlefield to-day have been enlarged beyond anything that one could have imagined possible in acivilisedworld.
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It is the most far-reaching instrument for the limitation of armaments that has ever been put before thecivilisedworld.
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That is why violence of this kind is condemned as a means of obtaining political objectives throughout thecivilisedworld.
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