civilization

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Synonyms: civilisation, divinization, virilization, civilizations, uncivilization, incivilization, decivilization

Antonyms: civilisation, divinization, virilization, civilizations, uncivilization, incivilization, decivilization

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Noun

1. An [[organized]] culture encompassing many [[community|communities]], often on the scale of a [[nation]] or a [[people]]; a stage or system of social, political{{,}} or technical development.
2. {{lb|en|uncountable}} Human society, particularly [[civil society]].
3. The act or process of [[civilize|civilizing]] or becoming [[civilize|civilized]].
4. The state or quality of being [[civilized]].
5. {{lb|en|obsolete}} The act of rendering a criminal process civil.

Proper noun

1. {{lb|en|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 [[civilise|civilised]], as [[savage|savages]] or [[barbarian|barbarians]]. {{ng|(Compare [[refinement]], [[elitism]], civilised society, the Civilised World.}}

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