civilized society

collocation in English

meaningsofcivilizedandsociety

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civilized
adjective
uk
/ˈsɪv.əl.aɪzd/us
/ˈsɪv.əl.aɪzd/
A civilized society or country has a well developed system of government, culture, and way of life and that treats the people who live ...
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society
noun
uk
/səˈsaɪ.ə.ti/us
/səˈsaɪ.ə.t̬i/
a large group of people who live together in an organized way, making decisions about how to do things and sharing the work that needs to be done. All the people in a country, or in several similar countries, can be referred to as ...
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(Definition ofcivilizedandsocietyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It was not a mighty step in the emergence of acivilizedsociety.
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It is a separate question just what practical steps acivilizedsocietyshould take in order to prevent or punish such impermissible behaviour.
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First, men needed to develop a greater self-awareness of their faults, for their personal complacency was endangeringcivilizedsociety.
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It was, moreover, a common argumentative move to associate acivilizedsocietywith a particular form of political consciousness- nationality.
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At some stage in the development of acivilizedsocietymeasures will be refined, standardized and regulated and represented physically.
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Hardiness is the character most suitable to the circumstances of a savage; sensibility to those of one who lives in a verycivilizedsociety.
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The existence of libraries is a mark of acivilizedsociety: an educated and sophisticated society has good and easily accessible libraries.
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I agree that as acivilizedsocietyit is imperative that we do something about the problem as a matter of urgency.
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If one were to guess, it would only depend on how much one cared about the different facets of acivilizedsociety.
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It is unacceptable that this so-calledcivilizedsocietycannot help people to obtain legal remedies when they do not have the means.
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The international women's movements have put the spotlight on women's lives and have contributed much to the development of a globalcivilizedsociety.
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Any kind of advertising which promotes something that is a danger to health must be unacceptable in acivilizedsociety.
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Such spending is the hallmark of a developed andcivilizedsociety, but always provided it is kept in check.
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It is right that in acivilizedsocietypeople should expect standards to improve.
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There is no more important freedom in acivilizedsocietythan the freedom to live without fear and intimidation.
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I protested that the great museums and galleries have always been free and it is part of ourcivilizedsocietythat the splendours of western culture should be freely accessible.
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It celebrated that which was outsidecivilizedsocietyand a return to the source of being, which would later assume mystical overtones.
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Its aim is to create a strong, independent, prosperous and democratic country with an equitable andcivilizedsociety, to realise socialism and ultimately, communism.
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Such comedy is often labeled as crude because it calls upon neotenous habits that are generally seen as being outside ofcivilizedsociety.
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