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Definition of Civilization
1. 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"
Category relationships: Government, Political Science, Politics
Generic synonyms: Society
Specialized synonyms: Islam, Muslimism
Derivative terms: Civilize
2. Noun. The social process whereby societies achieve an advanced stage of development and organization.
3. Noun. A particular society at a particular time and place. "Early Mayan civilization"
Category relationships: Archaeology, Archeology
Generic synonyms: Society
Terms within: Subculture
Specialized synonyms: Aegean Civilisation, Aegean Civilization, Aegean Culture, Helladic Civilisation, Helladic Civilization, Helladic Culture, Indus Civilization, Minoan Civilisation, Minoan Civilization, Minoan Culture, Mycenaean Civilisation, Mycenaean Civilization, Mycenaean Culture, Paleo-american Culture, Paleo-amerind Culture, Paleo-indian Culture, Western Civilization, Western Culture
Derivative terms: Acculturate
4. Noun. The quality of excellence in thought and manners and taste. "He is remembered for his generosity and civilization"
Generic synonyms: Excellence
Derivative terms: Civilise, Civilize
Definition of Civilization
1. n. The act of civilizing, or the state of being civilized; national culture; refinement.
Definition of Civilization
1. Noun. 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. ¹
2. Noun. Human society, particularly civil society. ¹
3. Noun. The act or process of civilizing or becoming civilized. ¹
4. Noun. The state or quality of being civilized. ¹
5. Noun. (obsolete) The act of rendering a criminal process civil. ¹
6. Proper noun. Collectively, those people 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 elite sub-group, or a few associated societies, implying all others, in time or geography or status, as something less than civilised, as savages or barbarians. ''cf refinement, elitism, civilised society, the Civilised World'' ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Civilization
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Civilization
1. The distinctly human attributes and attainments of a particular society. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Civilization
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