uncivilized Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite without civilizing influences
    savage; barbarian; barbaric; uncivilised; wild.
    • barbarian invaders
    • barbaric practices
    • a savage people
    • fighting is crude and uncivilized especially if the weapons are efficient"-Margaret Meade
    • wild tribes

WordNet


Un*civ"i*lized adjective
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913