Sentences with 'civilising'
Example sentences and phrases with the word civilising and other words derived from it.
• « Likewise, imperialism, the practice of invading other parts of the world to establish and expand global empires, received much of its popular support from articles praising the civilising mission of occupying a couple of thousand square miles in Africa that the reader had never heard of before. »
• « For example, during the heyday of European imperialism, lofty notions of the civilising mission, the culmination of 19th century liberal and nationalist political aspirations and the rise of truly modern science coincided with the bloody plunder of overseas territories. »