civilized

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“Ottoman elites internalized and even embraced European ideas about their own Empire. These elites aspired to become Westernized, which they saw as civilized and modern.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

“She was such a civilized, cultural person,” Stasevska says of her grandmother, adding that she taught her grandkids everything she knew about her home country.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026

Instead, he embraced the manly duty of the “great civilized nations of the present day” to ensure that the countries of the Western Hemisphere remain “stable, orderly, and prosperous.”

From Salon • Dec. 27, 2025

And he declared the area to be an "innovative and highly civilized city representing the tourism culture of the country".

From Barron's • Dec. 23, 2025

But I didn’t want to appear un- civilized, so I pulled on my socks despite the fact that they were damp and clammy with sweat.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss