civilizing

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Heaney was born with a subject he often resisted, and “Digging” turns away from violence to the civilizing necessity of work.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

Smith seems to want to say something about the civilizing influence of women and their survival in a world of unruly and domineering men.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 9, 2025

Love, in Marivaux’s world, is a civilizing force — much to the fairy’s fury.

From New York Times • Apr. 26, 2024

What did “the civilizing mission” of industrialized nations entail?

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

Cinna and Portia seem to have a civilizing effect on Haymitch and Effie.

From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins