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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]