overcivilized
adjective
over·civ·i·lized
ˌō-vər-ˈsi-və-ˌlīzd 
: civilized to an excessive degree
… the idea held in some of the upper classes that America was somehow soft—"overcivilized," as Theodore Roosevelt put it.—
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Evan Thomas… the social drapery commonly muffling, in an overcivilized age, the sharpness of human contacts.—Henry James
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“Overcivilized.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/overcivilized. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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