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uncivilizable

uncivilizable adjective: incapable of being civilized.

Adjective

uncivilizable (not comparable)

  1. Incapable of being civilized.
    • This conceptual change allowed the Indian as tractable heathen to be rather rapidly replaced by the Indian as uncivilizable savage.2004, John McWilliams, New England's Crises and Cultural Memory, page 108

Origin of uncivilizable

From un- + civilizable.

Questions about uncivilizable

What does uncivilizable mean?
Uncivilizable means incapable of being civilized.
What part of speech is uncivilizable?
Uncivilizable is an adjective.

Words near uncivilizable in the dictionary

  1. uncivilisedness
  2. uncivilises
  3. uncivilising
  4. uncivilities
  5. uncivility
  6. uncivilizable
  7. uncivilization
  8. uncivilize
  9. uncivilized
  10. uncivilizedly
  11. uncivilizedness

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