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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The quality of not being civilized. uncountable

   "The park is not just a place of lost civilizations, but vanished uncivilization, a Manhattan scarcely marked by human hands."

Example

More examples

"In Japan, having a beard is often considered a sign of failure, laziness, violence and uncivilization."

Etymology

From un- + civilization.

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