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civilization
UK /ˌsɪv.ɪ.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/ US /ˌsɪv.ə.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/
noun 5name 1
Definitions
noun
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.
the Aztec civilization
Western civilization
2
Human society, particularly civil society.
A hermit doesn't much care for civilization.
I'm glad to be back in civilization after a day with that rowdy family.
3
The act or process of civilizing or becoming civilized.
The teacher's civilization of the child was no easy task.
4
The state or quality of being civilized.
He was a man of great civilization.
5
The act of rendering a criminal process civil.
name
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 elit
Near-synonym: ecumene (archaic)
Some of the tourists in the upcountry might have embarrassed themselves if they'd been capable of having any shame, whining that they couldn't wait to get back to civilization.
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