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- noun Plural form of
civilizer .
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Examples
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Europeans entered the Third World as "civilizers", but it cost them the power and moral standing that brought them there to begin with.
Stuart Whatley: Civilizing Afghanistan While We Decivilize Ourselves 2010
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Europeans entered the Third World as "civilizers", but it cost them the power and moral standing that brought them there to begin with.
Stuart Whatley: Civilizing Afghanistan While We Decivilize Ourselves 2010
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By understanding the processes and methodologies of the "civilizers" the bigots and racists we can strip your plans down to their bare bones and expose them for what they are... empty, shameful and disgusting blight on humanity.
Chunghwamintzu Rulz: thanks for making my point Michael Turton 2009
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Las Casas, however, turned the term barbarian against the civilizers.
Bloodlust Russell Jacoby 2011
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Las Casas, however, turned the term barbarian against the civilizers.
Bloodlust Russell Jacoby 2011
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There is still reason to favor the child-makers/child-civilizers in the law – and couples who model the male-female marital unit to the younger generation – whether or not they can or do become parents (not our business, that.) Barb (Quote)
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Marriage benefits are for the child-bearers and child-rearers – the child-civilizers who are ideally both a mother and father together in the home.
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There is still reason to favor the child-makers/child-civilizers in the law –and couples who model the male-female marital unit to the younger generation–whether or not they can or do become parents not our business, that.
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Marriage benefits are for the child-bearers and child-rearers –the child-civilizers who are ideally both a mother and father together in the home.
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"Increased means and increased leisure are the two civilizers of man."
Socialist Graces 2008
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