Definition of Civilisation

1. Noun. The social process whereby societies achieve an advanced stage of development and organization.

Exact synonyms: Civilization
Generic synonyms: Social Process
Derivative terms: Civilise

2. Noun. A particular society at a particular time and place. "Early Mayan civilization"

3. Noun. 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"
Exact synonyms: Civilization
Category relationships: Government, Political Science, Politics
Generic synonyms: Society
Specialized synonyms: Islam, Muslimism
Derivative terms: Civilize

4. Noun. The quality of excellence in thought and manners and taste. "He is remembered for his generosity and civilization"
Exact synonyms: Civilization, Refinement
Generic synonyms: Excellence
Derivative terms: Civilise, Civilize

Definition of Civilisation

1. Noun. (chiefly British) (alternative spelling of civilization) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Civilisation

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Civilisation

civil wrong
civil wrongs
civil year
civilian
civilian clothing
civilian dress
civilian garb
civilian health and medical program of the uniformed services
civilianization
civilianizations
civilianize
civilianized
civilianizes
civilianizing
civilians
civilisation (current term)
civilisational
civilisations
civilise
civilised
civilises
civilish
civilising
civilist
civilists
civilities
civility
civilizable
civilization
civilization-state

Literary usage of Civilisation

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A History of Greece to the Death of Alexander the Great by John Bagnell Bury (1913)
"Their fleets controlled the Aegean sea ; they dominated the islands ; and their civilisation spread, as we shall see, to the mainland of Greece. ..."

2. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1861)
"It is so much the fashion with modem political writers to compare our own civilisation with the Roman—to speculate upon the probable decadence of all ..."

3. The History of Russia: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time by Kelly, Walter Keating (1854)
"He was desirous, with his own eyes, to behold civilisation in what he supposed to be its mature state, and to improve himself in the details of government, ..."

4. Society in America by Harriet Martineau (1837)
"civilisation. " This country, which ius given to the World the example of ... THE degree of civilisation of any people corresponds with the exaltation of ..."

5. The History of England, from the Accession of James the Second by Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay (1886)
"In one respect it must be admitted that the progress of civilisation has ... Of the blessings which the'com-by civilisation and philosophy bring with them a ..."

6. Modern Egypt by Evelyn Baring Cromer (1908)
"If, on the other hand, the Government and society of Egypt were farther advanced on the road to civilisation, the Europeanised Egyptian would probably be ..."

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