Antisavage

/ˌæntiːˈsævɪdʒ/ adjective

Opposed to or acting against wild, uncivilized, or brutal behavior and characteristics.

From anti- (against) + savage (from Old French sauvage, wild, from Latin silvaticus, of the forest). This compound developed during colonial periods when European powers used 'civilization' rhetoric to justify expansion into other lands.

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