The wiktionary definition of "civilized" [0] is "Having a highly developed society or culture" -- developed into what, late Victorian era upper-class British me

The wiktionary definition of "civilized" [0] is "Having a highly developed society or culture" -- developed into what, late Victorian era upper-class British men, like the people who wrote the OED the definition was cribbed from? The human species, especially those of highly developed society and culture, have a long record of exterminating others of their kind on the grounds that the others are "uncivilized". Civilization is purely a state of mind. A species that achieved enlighnment before inventing the wheel or harnessing fire can be no less "civilized" than one that will engage in intraspecies mass murder for the right to enslave other members of their own species. I would argue they are more civilized, in fact. [0] https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/civilized https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/civilized