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71Irvin S. Cobb — (1916) Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb (* 23. Juni 1876 in Paducah, Kentucky; † 10. März 1944 in New York City) war ein US amerikanischer Schriftsteller, Journalist, Kolumnist und Schauspieler …
72humanize — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. acculturate, cultivate, refine, tame, temper; see also civilize , teach 1 , 2 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To fit for companionship with others, especially in attitude or manners: acculturate, civilize, socialize. See… …
73civil — [14] Latin cīvis ‘citizen’ had two adjectival derivatives which have passed into English: cīvicus, source of civic [16], and cīvīlis, from which, via Old French, we get civil. Of its derivatives, civility [14] comes from Latin cīvīlitās, but… …
74civilization — 1704, law which makes a criminal process civil, from CIVILIZE (Cf. civilize) + ATION (Cf. ation). Sense of civilized condition first recorded 1772, probably from Fr. civilisation, to be an opposite to BARBARITY (Cf. barbarity) and a distinct word …
75uncivilized — c.1600, barbarous, from UN (Cf. un ) (1) not + pp. of CIVILIZE (Cf. civilize). UNCIVIL (Cf. Uncivil) in the same sense is recorded from 1550s …
76Mission Civilisatrice — A slogan, expressed in the coin of doctrine, of French colonialism of the late nineteenth century, initially championed by Jules Ferry. Its central idea was that France had a unique mission to civilize the world, which could both elevate the… …
77Pax Britannica — Pax Britannica, the concept of a “British Peace” facilitated by the creation of the British Empire, was consciously modeled on the Pax Romana of the ancient Mediterranean world. The Pax Britannica was, paradoxically, upheld by almost… …
78civilized — adjective bring to an advanced stage of social development. → civilize civilized adjective polite and good mannered. → civilize …
79-ize — ize, ise in verbs 1. spelling. The primary rule is that all words of the type authorize/authorise, civilize/civilise, legalize/legalise, where there is a choice of ending, may be legitimately spelt with either ize or ise throughout the English… …
80-ise in verbs — ize, ise in verbs 1. spelling. The primary rule is that all words of the type authorize/authorise, civilize/civilise, legalize/legalise, where there is a choice of ending, may be legitimately spelt with either ize or ise throughout the English… …
