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civilization
  1. An organized culture encompassing many communities, often on the scale of a nation or a people; a stage or system of social, political, or technical development.
  2. (uncountable) Human society, particularly civil society.
  3. The act or process of civilizing or becoming civilized.
  4. The state or quality of being civilized.
  5. (obsolete) The act of rendering a criminal process civil.
  6. Synonyms:
  7. Examples:
    1. “The gunner made a safe landing, but it took him nearly a week to find his way back to civilization and to get back to base.”
      “The highly cultivated state of their language would argue a degree of thoughtfulness and depth consistent only with an advanced state of civilization.”
      “The ancient Mayan civilization was very advanced and had a sophisticated knowledge of science, art, and astronomy.”
civility
  1. Politeness; courtesy; an individual act or a manner of behaving which conforms to social conventions of propriety.
  2. (obsolete) The state of society in which the relations and duties of a citizen are recognized and obeyed; civilization.
  3. (obsolete) A civil office, or a civil process.
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  5. Examples:
    1. “He calls for these students to exercise the kind of civility he recalls on campus in 1968.”
      “Their disagreement was resolved with civility, as both parties engaged in polite and respectful dialogue.”
      “Emma, angry at the insult to Miss Taylor's husband, holds her tongue for the sake of family civility.”
civilogue
  1. A civil discussion, especially one in which participants avoid insults, hostility, and negative characterizations of those with whom they disagree.
civics
  1. The study of good citizenship and proper membership in a community.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “With the earnestness of a high-school civics instructor, he continues to belabor the obvious.”
      “The guy the prize was named after may ring a bell from high school civics, if you're old enough to have had such a class.”
      “The American public is being presented with an evangelical civics lesson, not only daily but hourly.”
civilisation
  1. Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa spelling of civilization
  2. Examples:
    1. “Conflicts are fought by nation states for the benefit of the state, not the civilisation.”
      “It was this Temple which first predicted the deluge destined to destroy the Atlantean civilisation.”
      “If civilisation lay in ruins, then there was a momentous opportunity to sweep away this heap of broken images and start afresh.”
civicism
  1. The principle of civil government.
  2. Examples:
    1. “The Mexican middle class, during its spurt of civicism, tried to ensure the election's credibility and was foiled.”
      “This will allow young people to watch the CAN matches and will also reap advantage of the event to spread messages of the fight against Ebola virus and civicism.”
civilizability
  1. The quality or degree of being able to become civilized.
civilizer
  1. One who, or that which, civilizes.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Never in modem times has the world been in greater need of this gentle civilizer.”
      “At the time, the virtue of marriage as a civilizer of men was a major conservative theme in the debate about the underclass.”
      “Poetry is not a civilizer, rather the reverse, for great poetry appeals to the most primitive instincts.”
civiliser
  1. Alternative form of civilizer
  2. Examples:
    1. “Trent stood and watched it, smoking fiercely and felt himself a civiliser.”
civilness
  1. The state or quality of being civil.
  2. Examples:
    1. “The members of the New York quintet meld blue-blooded civilness with lower East Side rats' rage.”
      “And even the Finn fisher has occasionally some rudiments of civilness and hospitality.”
civilisations
  1. plural of civilisation
  2. Examples:
    1. “Across all civilisations, the place of rest has always been sacred so please respect it.”
      “It has always been one of the greatest pleasures and greatest consolations of humankind, found in all civilisations.”
      “Pre-Columbian civilisations such as the Inca and the Aztecs failed to turn the wheel from a toy into a practical tool.”
civilizations
  1. plural of civilization
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  3. Examples:
    1. “After completing and reviewing the maze worksheet, students completed a writing activity for each of the four civilizations.”
      “To avoid descent into a clash of civilizations, the media must re-engage the world.”
      “Malay, Mon, and Khmer civilizations flourished in the region prior to the arrival of the ethnic Tai.”
civilisers
  1. plural of civiliser
civilizers
  1. plural of civilizer
civilogues
  1. plural of civilogue
civilities
  1. plural of civility
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Once she reached the door, she made a painfully pathetic attempt at civilities.”
      “You know as well as I do that it was decreed that normal civilities don't apply to you or your cohort.”
      “Argentines are quite formal in public and are very aware of proper civilities.”
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