sivistää — meaning in English
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English meaning
- civilise verb To educate or enlighten a person or people to a perceived higher standard of behaviour.
- culture noun The shared customs, beliefs, arts, and way of life of a particular group of people.
- sophisticate verb To make (something) less innocent or natural; to artificialize.
Senses
sivistää is used for these senses in English:
- civilise To educate or enlighten a person or people to a perceived higher standard of behaviour.
- culture (transitive) to increase the artistic or scientific interest (in something) (compare cultivate)
- sophisticate To make (something) more sophisticated; to develop, to refine. [from late 18th c.]
- sophisticate (also, figuratively) To alter and make impure (something) by mixing it with some foreign or inferior substance, especially with an intention to deceive; to adulterate; (generally) to corrupt or deceive (someone, their thinking, etc.). [from early 15th c.]
civilise — full definition
- verb To educate or enlighten a person or people to a perceived higher standard of behaviour.
- verb To introduce or impose the standards of one civilisation upon another civilization, group or person, arguably with the intent of achieving a perceived higher standard of behavior.
- verb To bring from a state of savagery to an educated or refined state.
culture — full definition
- noun The shared customs, beliefs, arts, and way of life of a particular group of people.
- verb To grow living cells, bacteria, or tissue under controlled conditions.