Relating to or having the quality of civilizing; serving to advance civilization or promote cultured and refined behavior.
From civilize + -atory (suffix meaning 'relating to' or 'serving to'). This suffix comes from Latin -atorius and became productive in English for creating adjectives from verbs.
Europeans once used 'civilizatory mission' to justify colonialism, claiming they were bringing civilization to other lands—a deeply problematic idea that shows how language can mask harmful intentions.
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