civilize |
to bring to an educated or refined condition; cause impulsive or destructive behavior to be voluntarily restrained. |
civilized |
educated or refined; not impulsive or destructive; socialized or civil. |
estimate |
a rough calculation or educated guess as to the amount, size, or value of something. [1/6 definitions] |
fourth world |
(often cap.) the countries of the world that are poorest in resources and capital and have the most poorly educated population; least developed countries. |
gross |
vulgar or indecent; not refined or educated. [1/9 definitions] |
hetaera |
in ancient Greek society, a female paramour or concubine, often a member of a class of educated slaves or cultured companions. [1/2 definitions] |
illiterate |
showing substandard learning; poorly educated; ignorant. [1/5 definitions] |
ineducable |
incapable of being educated or trained, usu. because of some mental handicap. |
intelligentsia |
the elite class of intellectual or educated people within a society, or those who consider themselves part of such a class. |
judgment |
an educated guess based upon available information. [1/5 definitions] |
Kibei |
(sometimes l.c.) an offspring of Japanese immigrant parents who is born in the United States or Canada but educated in Japan. (See Issei, Nisei, Sansei.) |
learned |
well-educated; knowledgeable; scholarly. [1/3 definitions] |
lettered |
educated; scholarly; learned. [1/2 definitions] |
literate |
an educated person. [1/6 definitions] |
Nisei |
(sometimes l.c.) an offspring of Japanese immigrant parents who is raised and educated in the United States or Canada. (See Issei, Kibei, Sansei.) |
nonstandard |
of language, not adhering to forms, usages, and the like that are considered correct by educated speakers and writers. [1/2 definitions] |
overeducated |
combined form of educated. |
Received Standard |
English as spoken and pronounced by those educated in British public schools and at Oxford and Cambridge universities; upper-class British English. |
self-educated |
educated by one's own efforts, rather than by formal instruction. |
self-taught |
having taught oneself; self-educated. [1/2 definitions] |
substandard |
considered unacceptable in spoken or written usage, esp. by well-educated people. [1/2 definitions] |