| Main Entry: | humanize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | acculturate |
Synonyms: |
civilize, cultivate, refine, tame, teach, temper |
| Main Entry: | humanizing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | civilizing |
Synonyms: |
cultural, refining, uplifting |
| Main Entry: | civilize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make cultured; develop |
Synonyms: |
acculturate, acquaint, advance, better, cultivate, edify, educate, elevate, enlighten, ennoble, enrich, ethicize, foster, help forward, humanize, idealize, improve, indoctrinate, inform, instruct, polish, promote, reclaim, refine, sophisticate, spiritualize, tame, uplift |
| Main Entry: | cultural |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | educational, enlightening |
Synonyms: |
adorning, advancing, artistic, beautifying, beneficial, broadening, civilizing, constructive, corrective, developmental, dignifying, disciplining, edifying, educative, elevating, ennobling, enriching, expanding, glorifying, helpful, humane, humanizing, influential, inspirational, instructive, learned, liberal, liberalizing, nurturing, ornamenting, polishing, promoting, raising, refined, refining, regenerative, socializing, stimulating, uplifting, widening |
| Main Entry: | personify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | represent some other being, character |
Synonyms: |
act out, body forth, contain, copy, emblematize, embody, epitomize, exemplify, express, exteriorize, externalize, hominify, humanize, illustrate, image, imitate, impersonate, incarnate, live as, make human, manifest, materialize, mirror, objectify, personize, substantiate, symbolize, typify |
| Main Entry: | enlightening |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | educational |
Synonyms: |
broadening, civilizing, cultural, edifying, educative, enriching, humanizing, illuminative, informative, instructional, instructive, learned, refining, scholarly, scholastic, uplifting |