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Civilization

Civilization Meaning & Definition
Civilization Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Civilization?

[n] the quality of excellence in thought and manners and taste; "a man of intellectual refinement"; "he is remembered for his generosity and civilization"
[n] a society in an advanced state of social development (e.g., with complex legal and political and religious organizations); "the people slowly progressed from barbarism to civilization"
[n] a particular society at a particular time and place; "early Mayan civilization"
[n] the social process whereby societies achieve civilization

Synonyms | Synonyms for Civilization: civilisation | civilisation | civilisation | culture | refinement

Related Terms | Find terms related to Civilization: acculturation | civility | complex | cultivation | cultural drift | culture | culture area | culture center | culture complex | culture conflict | culture contact | culture pattern | culture trait | customs | edification | education | enculturation | enlightenment | ethos | folkways | key trait | mores | polish | refinement | socialization | society | sophistication | trait | trait-complex

See Also | Aegean civilisation | Aegean civilization | Aegean culture | excellence | Helladic civilisation | Helladic civilization | Helladic culture | Minoan civilisation | Minoan civilization | Minoan culture | Mycenaean civilisation | Mycenaean civilization | Mycenaean culture | social process | society | subculture

Civilization In Webster's Dictionary

\Civ`i*li*za"tion\, n. [Cf. F. civilisation.] 1. The act of civilizing, or the state of being civilized; national culture; refinement. Our manners, our civilization, and all the good things connected with manners, and with civilization, have, in this European world of ours, depended for ages upon two principles -- . . . the spirit of a gentleman, and spirit of religion. --Burke 2. (Law) Rendering a criminal process civil. [Obs.]

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