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sivistynyt — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • civilized adj Having a well-developed society, culture, and institutions.
  • cultivated adj Well-educated and refined in manner or taste.
  • cultured adjective Well-educated and refined in manner, taste, or knowledge of the arts.
  • erudite adj Having or showing deep knowledge gained through extensive reading and study.
  • smart adjective Intelligent; quick to learn or understand.
  • sophisticated adj Having a lot of worldly experience and refined taste; cultured and knowledgeable.

Senses

sivistynyt is used for these senses in English:

  • cultivated (of a person) cultured, refined, educated
  • cultured Learned in the ways of civilized society; civilized; refined.
  • erudite Learned, scholarly, with emphasis on knowledge gained from books.
  • sophisticated Of art or other things: appealing to the tastes of an intellectual or sophisticated (sense 1) person; cerebral; also, cultured, elegant, refined.

civilized — full definition

  1. adj Having a well-developed society, culture, and institutions.
  2. adj Polite, reasonable, and decent in behavior.

cultivated — full definition

  1. adj Well-educated and refined in manner or taste.
  2. adj Grown intentionally by farming, as opposed to growing wild.
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