uncivilized condition
1nature — naturelike, adj. /nay cheuhr/, n. 1. the material world, esp. as surrounding humankind and existing independently of human activities. 2. the natural world as it exists without human beings or civilization. 3. the elements of the natural world,… …
2barbarism — mid 15c., uncivilized or rude nature, from Fr. barbarisme (13c.), from L. barbarismus, from Gk. barbarismos foreign speech, from barbarizein to do as a foreigner does (see BARBARIAN (Cf. barbarian)). Only of speech in Greek, Latin, and French;… …
3barbarism — n. 1. Savagism, savage state, savagery, barbarous state, uncivilized condition. 2. Rudeness, roughness, brutality, savageness, harshness, destructiveness, vandalism. 3. Impurity (of diction), impropriety, unauthorized expression. 4. Atrocity,… …
4sav|age|ry — «SAV ihj ree», noun, plural ries. 1. fierceness; cruelty; brutality: »What they could not get by borrowing or adapting, they went after with a savagery that bloodied history (Time). SYNONYM(S): ferocity. 2. wildness: »The appear …
5History of Marriage — History of Marriage † Catholic Encyclopedia ► History of Marriage The word marriage may be taken to denote the action, contract, formality, or ceremony by which the conjugal union is formed or the union itself as an enduring condition …
6Family — • In the classical Roman period the familia rarely included the parents or the children. Its English derivative was frequently used in former times to describe all the persons of the domestic circle, parents, children, and servants. Present usage …
7Eschatology — • A survey of the subject in various pre Christian religions and cultures, an examination of the development of eschatology in the Old Testament, brief overview of Christian teaching Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Eschatology …
8in a state of nature — phrasal 1. : naked as when born : nude 2. : in a condition of sin : unregenerate 3. : uncivilized, untamed * * * 1) in an uncivilized or uncultivated state 2) totally naked 3 …
9Dawes Act — Not to be confused with Dawes Plan. The Dawes Act, adopted by Congress in 1887, authorized the President of the United States to survey Indian tribal land and divide the land into allotments for individual Indians. The Act was named for its… …
10The Church — The Church † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Church The term church (Anglo Saxon, cirice, circe; Modern German, Kirche; Sw., Kyrka) is the name employed in the Teutonic languages to render the Greek ekklesia (ecclesia), the term by which… …
