Collectively, those people of the world considered to have a high standard of behavior and / or a high level of development. Commonly subjectively used by people of one society to exclusively refer to their society, or their elite sub-group, or a few associated societies, implying all others, in time or geography or status, as something less than civilised, as savages or barbarians. cf refinement, elitism, civilised society, the Civilised World
noun
(obsolete) The act of rendering a criminal process civil.
(uncountable) Human society, particularly civil society.
An organized culture encompassing many communities, often on the scale of a nation or a people; a stage or system of social, political, or technical development.
The act or process of civilizing or becoming civilized.
The state or quality of being civilized.
civilizational
civilizational
adj
Pertaining to or arising from civilization
civilizationally
civilizationally
adv
In terms of civilization.
civilizations
civilizations
noun
plural of civilization
clavelization
clavelization
noun
inoculation (of an animal) against sheeppox
collectivization
collectivization
noun
(especially in communist states) The process of abolishing privately-owned farmland organizing all its workers into large, publicly-owned collectives.
The act of collectivizing
collectivizing
collectivizing
verb
present participle of collectivize
controversialize
controversialize
verb
(transitive) To make to appear controversial.
conventionalization
conventionalization
noun
The act or process of making conventional.
conventionalize
conventionalize
verb
(transitive) To make something conventional.
conventionalized
conventionalized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of conventionalize
conventionalizes
conventionalizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of conventionalize
conventionalizing
conventionalizing
verb
present participle of conventionalize
counterrevolutionize
counterrevolutionize
verb
To cause or undergo a counterrevolution.
decivilization
decivilization
noun
The process of decivilization.
deconventionalize
deindividualization
deindividualization
noun
The act or process of deindividualizing.
desilverization
desilverization
noun
The process of desilverizing.
devitalization
devitalization
noun
The act of devitalizing
devitalizing
devitalizing
verb
present participle of devitalize
devocalization
devocalization
noun
Act or process of devocalizing.
devolatilization
devolatilization
noun
The removal of volatile material.
devolatilizing
devolatilizing
verb
present participle of devolatilize
devulcanization
devulcanization
noun
To process of treating vulcanized rubber so as to restore the materials that were present prior to vulcanization.
electrogalvanization
electrogalvanize
evangelization
evangelization
noun
The act of evangelizing; the state of being evangelized.
eventualize
eventualize
verb
To take place or occur.
evolutionize
evolutionize
verb
To cause, or to undergo change by means of evolution; to evolve
galvanization
galvanization
noun
The act or process of galvanizing.
galvanizations
galvanizations
noun
plural of galvanization
galvanocauterization
galvanocauterization
noun
Synonym of galvanocautery
galvanofaradization
galvanofaradization
noun
Medical therapy using galvanic current.
governmentalize
governmentalize
verb
(US, transitive) To bring (a private entity, or a decentralized entity) under government control; to nationalize.
hypercivilization
hypercivilization
noun
The state of being hypercivilized.
hypervitalization
hypervitalizing
incivilization
incivilization
noun
The state of being uncivilized; barbarism.
individualization
individualization
noun
The act of individualizing; the state of being individualized.
intercivilization
jonvalization
labiovelarization
nivellization
nonvitalized
nonvocalization
nonvolatilizable
nonvolatilizable
adj
Not volatilizable.
nonvolatilized
nonvolatilized
adj
Not volatilized.
novelization
novelization
noun
A text novel that is an adaptation of a story from a visual medium such as film
The writing of a novel based on fact; fictionalization
novelizations
novelizations
noun
plural of novelization
ovalization
ovalization
noun
The process of ovalizing; the process of changing to an oval shape.
overbrutalization
overbrutalizing
overcapitalization
overcapitalization
noun
The state of being overcapitalized.
overcapitalizing
overcapitalizing
verb
present participle of overcapitalize
overcentralization
overcentralization
noun
Excessive centralization.
overcentralize
overcentralize
verb
(transitive) To centralize too much.
overcentralized
overcentralized
adj
Overly centralized or concentrated in authority.
overcentralizing
overcentralizing
verb
present participle of overcentralize
overcivilization
overcivilization
noun
Excessive civilization; the quality of being overcivilized.
overcommercialization
overcommercialization
noun
Excessive commercialization.
overeditorializing
overemotionalize
overemotionalize
verb
(intransitive) To behave too emotionally.
(transitive) To make too emotional.
overemotionalized
overemotionalized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overemotionalize
overemotionalizing
overemotionalizing
verb
present participle of overemotionalize
overfertilizing
overfertilizing
verb
present participle of overfertilize
overgeneralization
overgeneralization
noun
(countable) An instance of overgeneralizing.
(usually uncountable) The act of overgeneralizing.
overindividualization
overindustrialization
overindustrialization
noun
Excessive industrialization.
overindustrialize
overindustrialize
verb
(transitive) To industrialize to an excessive degree.
overindustrialized
overindustrialized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overindustrialize
overindustrializes
overindustrializes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overindustrialize
overindustrializing
overindustrializing
verb
present participle of overindustrialize
overintellectualization
overintellectualization
noun
excessive intellectualization
overintellectualize
overintellectualize
verb
To treat something in an excessively intellectual manner
overintellectualized
overintellectualized
adj
Treated in an excessively intellectual manner
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overintellectualize
overintellectualizing
overintellectualizing
verb
present participle of overintellectualize
overliberalization
overnationalization
overnationalization
noun
Excessive nationalization.
overnationalize
overnationalized
overnationalizing
overneutralization
overneutralization
noun
The process of overneutralizing.
overneutralize
overneutralize
verb
(transitive) To make more neutral than required or expected, or (chemistry) beyond the neutral pH value.
overneutralized
overneutralized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overneutralize
overneutralizer
overneutralizing
overneutralizing
verb
present participle of overneutralize
overnormalization
overpenalization
overpenalization
noun
(law) The process of administering excessive punishment, especially in response to crime.
overpictorializing
overrationalization
overrationalize
overrationalize
verb
(transitive) To rationalize excessively.
overrationalized
overrationalized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overrationalize
overrationalizing
overrationalizing
verb
present participle of overrationalize
oversentimentalize
oversentimentalize
verb
(transitive) To sentimentalize excessively.
oversentimentalized
oversentimentalized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of oversentimentalize
oversentimentalizing
oversentimentalizing
verb
present participle of oversentimentalize
overspecialization
overspecialization
noun
Extreme or excessive specialization.
overutilizing
overutilizing
verb
present participle of overutilize
precivilization
precivilization
noun
The time prior to civilization.
provincialization
provincialization
noun
The process of making something provincial.
pulverization
pulverization
noun
The act of pulverizing.
recivilization
regalvanization
relativization
relativization
noun
The act or process of relativizing.
relativizing
relativizing
verb
present participle of relativize
revalorization
revalorization
noun
(economics) The fact or process of setting a new value for a given commodity, currency etc.
The establishment of a new value for something; revaluation, especially in a positive sense.
revelationize
revisualization
revisualization
noun
visualization again or anew
revitalization
revitalization
noun
The process of revitalizing.
revitalizing
revitalizing
verb
present participle of revitalize
revolutionize
revolutionize
verb
to radically or significantly change, as in a revolution
revolutionized
revolutionized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of revolutionize
revolutionizement
revolutionizer
revolutionizer
noun
One who revolutionizes.
revolutionizers
revolutionizers
noun
plural of revolutionizer
revolutionizes
revolutionizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of revolutionize
revolutionizing
revolutionizing
verb
present participle of revolutionize
semicivilization
severalization
slavization
slavization
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Slavization
slavonization
slovintzi
spinogalvanization
subcivilization
subcivilizations
subvitalization
supercivilization
supercivilization
noun
A very advanced civilization that includes an interstellar presence
trivialization
trivialization
noun
The act of trivializing.
trivializing
trivializing
verb
present participle of trivialize
uncivilization
uncivilization
noun
The quality of not being civilized.
unconventionalize
unconventionalize
verb
(transitive) To make unconventional.
unconventionalized
unconventionalized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of unconventionalize
unconventionalizes
unconventionalizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of unconventionalize
undervitalized
universalization
universalization
noun
The act or process of universalizing.
unrevelationize
unrevolutionized
unrevolutionized
adj
Not revolutionized.
unvitalized
unvitalized
adj
Alternative form of unvitalised
unvitalizing
unvitriolized
unvolatilize
unvolatilized
unvolatilized
adj
Not volatilized
vacuolization
vacuolization
noun
Alternative form of vacuolation
valorization
valorization
noun
Alternative spelling of valorisation
valorizations
valorizations
noun
plural of valorization
vandalization
vandalization
noun
vandalism
variolitization
variolitization
noun
(geology) metamorphism into variolite
variolization
variolization
noun
(medicine, obsolete) Variolation: inoculation against smallpox using material from a smallpox lesion
vascularization
vascularization
noun
(botany) the formation of leaf veins
(medicine) the formation of blood vessels and capillaries in living tissue
the process of being vascularized.
velarization
velarization
noun
(phonology) The act or process of velarizing.
venalization
venalization
noun
The process of venalizing.
venizelist
venizelist
Adjective
Of or relating to Venizelos or Venizelism.
Noun
A supporter or adherent of Eleftherios Venizelos or his political policies.
ventriloquize
ventriloquize
verb
(intransitive) To practice ventriloquism.
(transitive) To speak the words of (another person), as though by ventriloquism.