civilizable

/sˈɪvəlˌaɪzəbəl/ adj

Capable of, or suitable for, being civilized.

Word Origin From Latin 'civis' (citizen) — so civilizable means 'able to be made into a citizen,' able to be brought into civil society. The breakdown civil+ize+able shows the root civil, the verb suffix -ize, and the adjective suffix -able. The same root gives us civil, civilian, civilization, and civic. The idea: to civilize is to make someone a member of the civitas, the community.

adj Capable of, or suitable for, being civilized.

Many anthropologists believed that all human societies were fundamentally civilizable.

(形容词) 可教化的

许多人类学家认为,所有人类社会从根本上都是可以文明化的。

(adjetivo) Capaz de, o adecuado para, ser civilizado.

Muchos antropólogos creían que todas las sociedades humanas eran fundamentalmente civilizables.

(adjectif) civilisable [Qui peut être civilisé ou qui se prête au processus de civilisation.]

De nombreux anthropologues estimaient que toute société humaine était fondamentalement civilisable.

(Adjektiv) Dazu geeignet oder fähig, zivilisiert zu werden oder eine zivilisierte Lebensweise anzunehmen.

Viele Anthropologen glaubten früher, dass alle menschlichen Gesellschaften grundsätzlich **civilizable** seien.

(形容詞) 文明化され得るさま。教化に適したさま。

多くの人類学者は、あらゆる人間の社会が根本的に文明化可能であると考えていた。

(adjetivo) civilizável [Capaz de, ou adequado para, ser civilizado.]

Muitos antropólogos acreditavam que todas as sociedades humanas eram fundamentalmente civilizáveis.

Word parts: civil + ize + able

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