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Definition of Civic

1. Adjective. Of or relating or belonging to a city. "Civic problems"

2. Adjective. Of or relating to or befitting citizens as individuals. "Civic pride"

Definition of Civic

1. a. Relating to, or derived from, a city or citizen; relating to man as a member of society, or to civil affairs.

Definition of Civic

1. Adjective. Of, relating to, or belonging to a city, a citizen, or citizenship; municipal or civil. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Civic

1. pertaining to a city [adj] - See also: city

Lexicographical Neighbors of Civic

cityscape cityscapes cityward citywards citywide civ cive cives civet civet bean

civet cat civetlike civetone civets civic (current term) civic center civic crown civic crowns civic duty civic leader

civic pride civic responsibility civic spirit civically civicism civicisms civics civie civies

Literary usage of Civic

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

1. The Chautauquan by Chautauqua Institution (1906)
"THE CHAUTAUQUAN this month is a special civic Improvement Number, ... In this issue are included: "The National Impulse for civic Improvement," by Clinton ..."

2. Education by Project Innovation (Organization) (1916)
"As the nature of the first three requirements is to a large extent dependent upon the teacher, she may be regarded as the largest factor in civic betterment ..."

3. Labor and the Common Welfare by Samuel Gompers (1919)
"THE NATIONAL civic FEDERATION I think I can without vanity claim to be one of the earliest members of The National civic Federation, long before it was ..."

4. Proceedings of the ... Annual Convention by Religious Education Association (1905)
"The civic ideals of its races are archaic; they reached a stable ... •Thus, unavoidably, are bred civic ideals differing from those of other nations, ..."

5. Democracy and the Organization of Political Parties by Moisei Ostrogorski (1902)
"The notion of the duty of voting is more common in the United States, perhaps not so much from the fact that the civic conscience is more enlightened there, ..."

6. The Arena by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1895)
"A revolution has taken place in the civic mind, and citizens are everywhere arousing ... The civic awakening is one of the most hopeful signs of the times, ..."

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