civility
noun
/sɪˈvɪl.ɪ.ti/
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- Speech or behaviour that is fit for civil interactions; politeness, courtesy. [from 16th c.]
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politesse
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civilization
noun
/ˌsɪv.ə.ləˈzeɪ.ʃən/
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/ˌsɪv.ɪ.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/
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[ˌsɪv.ə.lɑeˈzæɪ.ʃən]
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- 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.
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civilisation
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civil
adjective
/ˈsɪv.əl/
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- (uncomparable) Having to do with people and government office as opposed to the military or religion.
- (comparable) Behaving in a reasonable or polite manner; avoiding displays of hostility.
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civil
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civilization
properNoun
/ˌsɪv.ə.ləˈzeɪ.ʃən/
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[ˌsɪv.ə.lɑeˈzæɪ.ʃən]
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- (inherently emic, sometimes, capitalized) 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 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. (Compare refinement, elitism, civilised society, the Civilised World.
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civilisation
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civilized
adjective
/ˈsɪv.ɪ.laɪzd/
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- Having a highly developed society or culture; belonging to civilization.
- Showing evidence of moral and intellectual advancement; humane, reasonable, ethical.
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civilisé
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