"uncivilized" meaning in English

See uncivilized in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ʌnˈsɪvəlaɪzd/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-uncivilized.wav [US] Forms: more uncivilized [comparative], most uncivilized [superlative], uncivilised [alternative, UK]
Etymology: From un- + civilized. Etymology templates: {{pre|en|un|civilized}} un- + civilized Head templates: {{en-adj}} uncivilized (comparative more uncivilized, superlative most uncivilized)
  1. Not having developed a civilization.
    Sense id: en-uncivilized-en-adj-g8XNzL9~
  2. Crude, barbarous, wild, uncultured. Translations (crude, barbarous, wild, uncultured): هَمَجِيّ (hamajiyy) (Arabic), incivilitzat (Catalan), bàrbar (Catalan), necivilizita (Esperanto), sivistymätön (Finnish), incivilisé (French), απολίτιστος (apolítistos) (Greek), חֲסַר תַּרְבּוּת (khasár tarbút) (Hebrew), बर्बर (barbar) (Hindi), जंगली (jaṅglī) (Hindi), अशिष्ट (aśiṣṭ) (Hindi), barbaro (Italian), non civilizzato (Italian), barbarus (Latin), അപരിഷ്കൃത (apariṣkr̥ta) (Malayalam), нецивилизованный (necivilizovannyj) (Russian), incivilizado (Spanish), ociviliserad (Swedish), ป่าเถื่อน (bpàa-tʉ̀ʉan) (Thai)
    Sense id: en-uncivilized-en-adj-HnTh2yL0 Categories (other): English terms with collocations Synonyms: barbaric, pagan, uncultivated, animalistic, barbarian, barbaric, barbarious [dated, literary], barbarous, brutal, brutish, Gothic [figuratively], Gothlike, grim [obsolete], heathen, heathenish, heathenly, heathenous, incivil [rare], pagan [derogatory], savage, tenebrose [figuratively], truculent, uncivil, uncivilized, uncouth, uncultivated, uncultured, uplandish [obsolete], wolfish Disambiguation of 'crude, barbarous, wild, uncultured': 0 76 24
  3. Lacking good manners. Translations (lacking good manners): incivil (Catalan), salvatge (Catalan), bàrbar (Catalan), incivilitzat (Catalan), incivilisé [masculine] (French), απολίτιστος (apolítistos) (Greek), חֲסַר תַּרְבּוּת (khasár tarbút) (Hebrew), असभ्य (asabhya) (Hindi), incultus (Latin), ociviliserad (Swedish), asal-hayop (Tagalog), ป่าเถื่อน (bpàa-tʉ̀ʉan) (Thai)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: uncivilizedly, uncivilizedness
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /ʌnˈsɪvəlaɪzd/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-uncivilized.wav [US] Forms: uncivilised [alternative, UK]
Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Etymology templates: {{nonlemma}} See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} uncivilized
  1. simple past and past participle of uncivilize Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: uncivilize
    Sense id: en-uncivilized-en-verb-cB~5h2zh
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

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        {
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        }
      ],
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        "simple past and past participle of uncivilize"
      ],
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          "uncivilize#English"
        ]
      ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
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    },
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        "US"
      ]
    }
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}

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