Hypertext Webster Gateway: "uncivilized"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Uncivilized \Un*civ"i*lized\, a.
1. Not civilized; not reclaimed from savage life; rude;
barbarous; savage; as, the uncivilized inhabitants of
Central Africa.
2. Not civil; coarse; clownish. [R.] --Addison.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
uncivilized
adj : without civilizing influences; "barbarian invaders";
"barbaric practices"; "a savage people"; "fighting is
crude and uncivilized especially if the weapons are
efficient"-Margaret Meade; "wild tribes" [syn: {barbarian},
{barbaric}, {savage}, {uncivilised}, {wild}]
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