civilise
Bring to culture
Civilise is the British spelling of civilize.
To civilise is to bring out of a primitive or savage state into one considered more advanced—with organized society, laws, and culture.
The word carries colonial baggage, having justified imposing European ways on indigenous peoples.
More casually, to civilise someone is to refine their manners: Living with roommates civilised him a bit.
Study of right conduct
- virtueMoral goodness or merit
- moralityRight and wrong principles
- righteousnessMoral correctness or virtue
- conscienceInternal moral sense
decency · integrity · uprightness · rectitude · principles · honor · justice · humanity
Ability to read, write
- schoolingFormal education received
- instructionGuidance for action
- pedagogyArt of instruction
- curriculumEducational program's content plan
enlighten · teach · mentor · tutor · academy · learning · knowledge · scholarship
Adoption of current methods
- developmentProgress toward maturity
- advancementForward movement or promotion
- industrializationTransition to factory-based economy
- urbanizationPopulation shift toward cities
infrastructure · technology · innovation · improvement · transformation · evolution · growth · prosperity
Basis or justification
- philosophyStudy of fundamental truths
- humanismPhilosophy prioritizing earthly reason
- empiricismKnowledge through observation
- secularismSeparation of faith, state
tolerance · liberty · democracy · Voltaire · Rousseau · Locke · Montesquieu · Kant
Smooth by rubbing
- eleganceRefined, graceful quality
- mannersCustoms of polite conduct
- etiquetteRules of polite conduct
- sophisticationCultured elegance and complexity
cultured · grace · taste · courtesy · gentility · decorum · urbanity · cosmopolitan
Extending dominion over others
- colonizationForeign territorial takeover
- subjugationForcing into submission
- missionariesReligious workers abroad
- assimilationAbsorbing into a whole
conquest · expansion · domination · empire · settlers · indigenous · annexation · protectorate
ethics
Study of right conduct
- virtueMoral goodness or merit
- moralityRight and wrong principles
- righteousnessMoral correctness or virtue
conscience · decency · integrity · uprightness · rectitude · principles · honor · justice · humanity · altruism
literacy
Ability to read, write
- schoolingFormal education received
- instructionGuidance for action
- pedagogyArt of instruction
curriculum · enlighten · teach · mentor · tutor · academy · learning · knowledge · scholarship · student
modernization
Adoption of current methods
- developmentProgress toward maturity
- advancementForward movement or promotion
- industrializationTransition to factory-based economy
urbanization · infrastructure · technology · innovation · improvement · transformation · evolution · growth · prosperity · efficiency
reason
Basis or justification
- philosophyStudy of fundamental truths
- humanismPhilosophy prioritizing earthly reason
- empiricismKnowledge through observation
secularism · tolerance · liberty · democracy · Voltaire · Rousseau · Locke · Montesquieu · Kant · rationalism
polish
Smooth by rubbing
sophistication · cultured · grace · taste · courtesy · gentility · decorum · urbanity · cosmopolitan · savoir-faire
imperialism
Extending dominion over others
- colonizationForeign territorial takeover
- subjugationForcing into submission
- missionariesReligious workers abroad
assimilation · conquest · expansion · domination · empire · settlers · indigenous · annexation · protectorate · governance
- civilian contractorsNonmilitary workers hired by government
- civilian lossesNoncombatant casualties of conflict
- ancient civilizationHistorical society now vanished
- civilian casualtiesNoncombatants killed in conflict
- lost civilizationAncient society now gone
- Western civilizationEuro-American cultural tradition
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