Translations for „civilize“ in the English » Slovenian Dictionary

civi·lize [ˈsɪvəlaɪz] VB trans

civilize

civilizirati

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The elite justified their position and control as those whose responsibility it was to civilize the masses.

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With its basketball courts, climbing features and other amenities, it has managed to civilize the space and connect the two sides.

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Cities tried to keep the proletarians out or tried to civilize them by forcing them to work in poor houses.

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The idea that we can civilize these savages is beyond ludicrous.

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Now it was time to civilize our inner being.

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Rural people participated in the war to demonstrate their physical strengths rather than because they wanted to civilize the country.

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Leaving the task of civilizing his people to his son, he gathers together a band of old comrades to sail beyond the sunset.

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Secondly he wanted to civilize them into an agricultural or more urbanized lifestyles.

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We need to civilize and tame them in their particulars.

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Their greed and selfishness resists all efforts to civilize them.

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