Civilization

//ˌsɪv.ɪ.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Collectively, those people and places of the world considered to have a high standard of behavior and / or a high level of development. Commonly subjectively used by people of one society to exclusively refer to their society, or their elite sub-group, or a few associated societies, implying all others, in time or geography or status, as something less than civilised, as savages or barbarians. (Compare refinement, elitism, civilised society, the Civilised World. capitalized, sometimes

    "Near-synonym: ecumene (archaic)"

Noun
  1. 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. countable, uncountable

    "the Aztec civilization"

  2. 2
    the quality of excellence in thought and manners and taste wordnet
  3. 3
    Human society, particularly civil society. uncountable

    "A hermit doesn't much care for civilization."

  4. 4
    a society in an advanced state of social development (e.g., with complex legal and political and religious organizations) wordnet
  5. 5
    The act or process of civilizing or becoming civilized. countable, uncountable

    "The teacher's civilization of the child was no easy task."

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  1. 6
    a particular society at a particular time and place wordnet
  2. 7
    The state or quality of being civilized. countable, uncountable

    "He was a man of great civilization."

  3. 8
    the social process whereby societies achieve an advanced stage of development and organization wordnet
  4. 9
    The act of rendering a criminal process civil. countable, obsolete, uncountable

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French civilisation, equivalent to civilize + -ation or civil + -ization.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French civilisation, equivalent to civilize + -ation or civil + -ization.

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