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civilized

adjective as in polished

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“In a civilized society, what does violence get you?”

Only the Jedi are deemed civilized, and therefore their orthodoxy of the Force should be imposed on others for their own good.

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Shocking because violence is no way for a civilized people to mediate their political differences.

For Roman-era writers such as Tacitus, the region was beyond the edge of the civilized world, known only through unreliable second-hand reports.

Hopefully, Snow White had built her castle like any other civilized person would have done, putting the dungeon underground.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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