(a.) Reclaimed from savage life and manners; instructed in arts, learning, and civil manners; refined; cultivated.
Example Sentences:
(1) The new Somali government has enthusiastically embraced the new deal and created a taskforce, bringing together the government, lead donors (the US, UK, EU, Norway and Denmark), the World Bank and civil society.
(2) To a supporter at the last election like me – someone who spoke alongside Nick Clegg at the curtain-raiser event for the party conference during the height of Labour's onslaught on civil liberties, and was assured privately by two leaders that the party was onside about civil liberties – this breach of trust and denial of principle is astonishing.
(3) The cyclical nature of pyromania has parallels in cycles of reform in standards of civil commitment (Livermore, Malmquist & Meehl, 1958; Dershowitz, 1974), in the use of physical therapies and medications (Tourney, 1967; Mora, 1974), in treatment of the chronically mentally ill (Deutsch, 1949; Morrissey & Goldman, 1984), and in institutional practices (Treffert, 1967; Morrissey, Goldman & Klerman (1980).
(4) The law would let people find out if partners had a history of domestic violence but is likely to face objections from civil liberties groups.
(5) The Pakistan government, led as usual by a general, was anxious to project the army's role as bringers of order to a country that was sliding quickly towards civil war.
(6) Acts like this have no place in our country and in a civilized society,” Lynch said in Washington.
(7) Gassmann, whose late father, Vittorio , was a critically acclaimed star of Italian cinema in its heyday in the 1960s, tweeted over the weekend with the hashtag #Romasonoio (I am Rome), calling on the city’s residents to be an example of civility and clean up their own little corners of Rome with pride.
(8) However, civil society groups have raised concerns about the ethics of providing ‘climate loans’ which increase the country’s debt burden.
(9) The authors are also upfront about what has not gone so well: "We were too slow to mobilise … we did not identify clear leadership or adequate resources for the actions … it is vital to accelerate the programme of civil service reform."
(10) Anna Mazzola, a civil liberties lawyer who advises the National Union of Journalists and whom I consulted, told me that in general if police can view anyone's images, they can only do so in "very limited circumstances".
(11) Terry Waite Chair, Benedict Birnberg Deputy chair, Antonio Ferrara CEO The Prisons Video Trust • If I want to build a bridge, I call in a firm of civil engineers who specialise in bridge-building.
(12) If wide notice is taken of a current spat over what we can read about Shakespeare’s sexuality into the sonnets in the correspondence columns of the Times Literary Supplement, Sonnet 20 may be a future favourite at civil unions.
(13) The Dacre review panel, which included Sir Joseph Pilling, a retired senior civil servant, and the historian Prof Sir David Cannadine, said Britain now had one of the "less liberal" regimes in Europe for access to confidential government papers and that reform was needed to restore some trust between politicians and people.
(14) But with a civil war raging and no one to protect them, most migrants are at risk of kidnap, extortion and forced labour.
(15) The army has said it will deploy troops on the streets on that day, while the president says he may introduce a state of emergency if, as expected, the protests spark widespread civil unrest.
(16) I am one of those retired civil servants who has not received my pension.
(17) Senior civil servant Simon Case joined the UK’s EU embassy in March to lead work on the new partnership with the bloc, but EU diplomats are unsure how he fits into the picture.
(18) On 26 April 1937 this market town was obliterated in three hours of bombing by Nazi planes, allies of Generalísimo Francisco Franco’s fascists in the Spanish civil war.
(19) The menace we’re facing – and I say we, because no one is spared – is embodied by the hooded men who are ravaging the cradle of civilization.
(20) A Catholic boys’ school has reversed its permission to allow civil rights drama Freeheld, starring Julianne Moore and Ellen Page as a lesbian couple, to shoot on location in New York State.
Uncivilized
Definition:
(a.) Not civilized; not reclaimed from savage life; rude; barbarous; savage; as, the uncivilized inhabitants of Central Africa.
(a.) Not civil; coarse; clownish.
Example Sentences:
(1) Uncivil Union Subtitled “comedy for equality”, this benefit raises money for the Ally Coalition and New Alternatives , charities focused on ending discrimination against the LGBTQ community and supporting LGBTQ youths.
(2) The uncivil war between Tony Blair and Gordon Brown often generated bad headlines – even when most journalists underappreciated just how toxic that relationship had become.
(3) Once again, the territory inhabited by the “uncivilized” has been shelled so the west can try out its new lethal toys.
(4) This suggests that no one should be surprised at uncivilized acts emanating from the country.” Sun enjoys enormous celebrity status in China , and his supporters were predictably disappointed when he lost to Horton in the 400m freestyle on Saturday.
(5) The wolf is something threatening now: the wild, unpredictable element in dogs; an uncivilized mirror of man; a pernicious competitor for livestock.
(6) Ahmadinejad's speech was unusually esoteric for a UN session and made only one political reference to Israel, when he denounced what he called the "hegemony of arrogance" of the world's dominant powers, and said the "continued threat by the uncivilized Zionists to resort to military action against our great nation is a clear example of this bitter reality".
(7) More than half reported an increase in uncivil political discourse, and more than a third observed an increase in anti-Muslim or anti-immigrant sentiment.
(8) Religion and race are [an] invention of the savage and uncivil people.” Wafi Chowdhury, a schoolfriend of Samad, said: “Nazim had lived in hostels since grade six and later moved to a shared room after he joined university.” Samad had deactivated his Facebook account about a month ago at the request of his family, but Chowdhury added: “I remember him telling me he would come back on Facebook soon with a grin.” Shamir Chandra Sutradhar, an investigations officer at Sutrapur police in Dhaka, told the Guardian: “His stay in Dhaka has been only two months.
(9) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Cannes 2014: Mr Turner’s Timothy Spall: ‘I like to paint angels in anguish’ - video interview For those who know little about Turner’s life, it’s a jolt to accept that the creator of paintings of genius was a faulty bloke with an intermittently uncivil tongue, a tendency to grunt and a contradictory attitude towards women.
(10) Their contempt didn’t last long, and a new era of aerial warfare, especially against “uncivilized” peoples, began.
(11) But you won't forgive yourself if you set things up for a second generation of the Blair-Brown uncivil wars.