overcivilized

English

Alternative forms

• overcivilised

Etymology

From over- +‎ civilized.

Adjective

overcivilized (comparative more overcivilized, superlative most overcivilized)

1. too civilized
   • 2007 January 28, Tina Cassidy, “Cut and Run”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     Yet if “overcivilized” is synonymous with “educated,” which could equal “having too much information,” which could make anyone neurotic, then it could also be said that city women are overcivilized.

Translations

overcivilized

• Danish: overciviliseret