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hyper-civilized
adjective
(alsohypercivilized)uk /ˌhaɪ.pəˈsɪv.əl.aɪzd/ us /ˌhaɪ.pɚˈsɪv.əl.aɪzd/
A hyper-civilized place, person, or way or life is extremely calm, reasonable, fair, and polite. :
She never felt quite at home in her business partner's hyper-civilized world.
People are starting to prefer wilder locations to the hypercivilized capitals of Europe.
Tokyo is hyper-civilized: it is a city of the future and yet has an old culture.
They lived a hyper-civilized, aristocratic kind of life.
Our lives could be dedicated to elaborate and hyper-civilized amusements and activities.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Polite and respectful
candy coat
candy-coated
chivalric
chivalrous
chivalrously
courtly
couth
deferential
deferentially
euphemism for someone/something
graciousness
keep a civil tongue in your headidiom
manner
minced oath
mind/watch your mannersidiom
tactful
tactfully
ultra-civilized
ultra-refined
urbane
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