Civilisation

//ˌsɪv.ɪ.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Hong Kong, and Commonwealth spelling of civilization. countable, uncountable

    "From Keighley onwards we had obviously returned to civilisation, for the surrounding country was now studded with the sodium street lights of suburbia and a thickening industrial haze was blotting out the moon."

  2. 2
    the quality of excellence in thought and manners and taste wordnet
  3. 3
    a society in an advanced state of social development (e.g., with complex legal and political and religious organizations) wordnet
  4. 4
    a particular society at a particular time and place wordnet
  5. 5
    the social process whereby societies achieve an advanced stage of development and organization wordnet

Etymology

Borrowed from French civilisation, equivalent to civilise + -ation or civil + -isation.

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