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Meaning of UNCIVILIZED

Pronunciation:  un'sivulIzd

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 Definition: [adj]  without civilizing influences; "barbarian invaders"; "barbaric practices"; "a savage people"; "fighting is crude and uncivilized especially if the weapons are efficient"-Margaret Meade; "wild tribes"
 
 Synonyms: barbarian, barbaric, noncivilised, noncivilized, savage, uncivilised, wild
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Un*civ"i*lized\, a.
1. Not civilized; not reclaimed from savage life; rude;
   barbarous; savage; as, the uncivilized inhabitants of
   Central Africa.

2. Not civil; coarse; clownish. [R.] --Addison.

 

 

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