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decivilize

  • a word derived from civilize.
    civilize
    verb (used with object)
    to bring out of a savage, uneducated, or rude state; make civil; elevate in social and private life; enlighten; refine.

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Then they started to decivilize, down to the pre-mechanical level—wind and water power and animal power.

From Space Viking by H. Beam Piper

"Well, if we don't get a planetary monarchy to keep order, this planet will decivilize like anything in the Old Federation."

From Space Viking by H. Beam Piper