About The Word Civilization
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Civilization
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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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