uncivilize

Etymology

un- + civilize

verb

  1. (transitive) To make uncivilized.
    May his abortive effort to uncivilize human nature, to uncultivate the mind of man, and turn it into a desolate waste, be the last! 1831, John Stuart Mill, The Spirit of the Age

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