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overcivilized

overcivilized adjective: too civilized.

Adjective

overcivilized (comparative more overcivilized, superlative most overcivilized)

  1. too civilized
    • Yet if “overcivilized” is synonymous with “educated,” which could equal “having too much information,” which could make anyone neurotic, then it could also be said that city women are overcivilized.2007 January 28, Tina Cassidy, “Cut and Run”, in New York Times

Forms of overcivilized

comparativemore overcivilized
superlativemost overcivilized
alternative formovercivilised

Origin of overcivilized

From over- + civilized.

Questions about overcivilized

What does overcivilized mean?
Overcivilized means too civilized.
What part of speech is overcivilized?
Overcivilized is an adjective.

Words near overcivilized in the dictionary

  1. overciting
  2. overcivil
  3. overcivility
  4. overcivilization
  5. overcivilize
  6. overcivilized
  7. overcivilizes
  8. overcivilizing
  9. overclad
  10. overcladded
  11. overcladding

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