Get to know Civilise better with 3 real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like civilize or alter.
Civilise meaning
- To educate or enlighten a person or people to a perceived higher standard of behaviour.
- To introduce or impose the standards of one civilisation upon another civilization, group or person, arguably with the intent of achieving a perceived higher standard of behavior.
- To bring from a state of savagery to an educated or refined state.
Synonyms of Civilise
Using Civilise
- The main meaning on this page is: To educate or enlighten a person or people to a perceived higher standard of behaviour. | To introduce or impose the standards of one civilisation upon another civilization, group or person, arguably with the intent of achieving a perceived higher standard of behavior. | To bring from a state of savagery to an educated or refined state.
- Useful related words include: civilize, alter, change, down.
- In the example corpus, civilise often appears in combinations such as: to civilise.
Context around Civilise
- Average sentence length in these examples: 29.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 2 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Civilise
- In this selection, "civilise" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 29.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, native stand out and add context to how "civilise" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include americanize and civilise a form and effort to civilise native americans. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "civilise" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aaargh, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with civilise
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Enough with the physical massacres; what was needed was a concerted effort to Americanize and civilise, a form of spiritual genocide. (21 words)
The schools, often run by Christian churches, were part of the forced assimilation policy launched by Congress in 1819 as an effort to “civilise” Native Americans, Native Alaskans and Native Hawaiian peoples. (32 words)
His adviser at the court in London – whose mission was to “civilise” the Scots “barbarians” that had come to rule them – objected that it was England at the top as England provided all the wealth. (35 words)
His adviser at the court in London – whose mission was to “civilise” the Scots “barbarians” that had come to rule them – objected that it was England at the top as England provided all the wealth. (35 words)
The schools, often run by Christian churches, were part of the forced assimilation policy launched by Congress in 1819 as an effort to “civilise” Native Americans, Native Alaskans and Native Hawaiian peoples. (32 words)
Enough with the physical massacres; what was needed was a concerted effort to Americanize and civilise, a form of spiritual genocide. (21 words)
Example sentences (3)
His adviser at the court in London – whose mission was to “civilise” the Scots “barbarians” that had come to rule them – objected that it was England at the top as England provided all the wealth.
The schools, often run by Christian churches, were part of the forced assimilation policy launched by Congress in 1819 as an effort to “civilise” Native Americans, Native Alaskans and Native Hawaiian peoples.
Enough with the physical massacres; what was needed was a concerted effort to Americanize and civilise, a form of spiritual genocide.
Common combinations with civilise
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to civilise 2×