civilization en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˌsɪv.ə.lɑeˈzæɪ.ʃən/ (Australia)
- /ˌsɪv.ə.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/ (Canada, General-American)
- /ˌsɪv.ɪ.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˌsəv.ə.laɪˈzæɪ.ʃən/ (New-Zealand)
- [ˌsəv.ə.lɑe̯ˈzæɪ.ʃən] (New-Zealand)
- /ˌsɪv.ə.ləˈzeɪ.ʃən/ (Canada, General-American)
- (California) audio
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱey-der. Proto-Italic *keiwis Latin ceivis Latin cīvis Proto-Indo-European *-elis Proto-Italic *-elis Latin -ilis Latin -īlis Latin cīvīlislbor. French civil Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izārebor. Old French -iser French -iser French civiliser Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ation Middle French -ation French -ation French civilisationbor. English civilization Borrowed from French civilisation, equivalent to civilize + -ation or civil + -ization.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) 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.
Modern civilization is a product of industrialization and globalization.
But civilizations, like the penis, rise and fall, and when the towers and battlements crumble into the earth, they return to the embrace of the Great Mother.
1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., pages rise and fall:the Aztec civilization
Western civilization
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(uncountable) Human society, particularly civil society.
Civilisation has imbued man's minds with false ideas of the evil of sex and its fulfilment.
1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 159:I'm glad to be back in civilization after a day with that rowdy family.
A hermit doesn't much care for civilization.
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(countable, uncountable) The act or process of civilizing or becoming civilized.
The teacher's civilization of the child was no easy task.
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(countable, uncountable) The state or quality of being civilized.
He was a man of great civilization.
- (countable, obsolete, uncountable) The act of rendering a criminal process civil.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| civilizations | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| civilisation | UK, alternative | lexicographic |
Deriveds
civilization-state · uncivilization · civilizationist · precivilization · microcivilization · civilizational · multicivilization · civilizationally · supercivilization · intercivilization · incivilization · Indus Civilization · Harappan Civilization · subcivilization · hypercivilization · overcivilization · civilizationism · psychocivilization · cybercivilization · anticivilization · cradle of civilization · postcivilization · Indus Valley Civilization
Descendants
Relateds
Synonyms
culture (large-scale stage of societal development) · order (large-scale stage of societal development) · land of the living (preferred human society) · education (act of civilizing) · sphere (group of countries) · acculturation (act of civilizing) · home (preferred human society)
Translations (217)
am ስልጣኔ (organized culture) · ru культу́ра (state or quality of being civilized) · fi sivistäminen (act or process of civilizing or becoming civilized) · si ශිෂ්ටාචාරය (organized culture) · mk цивилизи́раност (state or quality of being civilized) · ko 문명화 (act or process of civilizing or becoming civilized) · fo mentan (organized culture) · fo siðmenning (organized culture) · ti ስልጣኔ (organized culture) · pms sivilisassion (organized culture) · ar مَدَنِيَّة (organized culture) · fa-ira تَمَدُّن (organized culture) · uk цивіліза́ція (organized culture) · el πολιτισμός (organized culture) · ru культу́ра (organized culture) · ckb ئاوەدانی (organized culture) · ajp حضارة (organized culture) · fa جامعه (human society) · de Kultur (human society) · mk цивилизи́раност (act or process of civilizing or becoming civilized) · tr uygarlık (organized culture) · ms peradaban (organized culture) · de Kultur (organized culture) · it civiltà (state or quality of being civilized) · lo ອາລິຍະທຳ (organized culture) · ga sibhialtacht (state or quality of being civilized) · ro cultură (organized culture) · mk цивилиза́ција (organized culture) · es civilización (organized culture) · uz tsivilizatsiya (organized culture) · nl bewoonde wereld (human society) · mi puāwaitanga (act or process of civilizing or becoming civilized) · sl civilizacija (organized culture) · ar حَضَارَة (organized culture) · ur مَدَنِیَت (organized culture) · ta நாகரிகம் (organized culture) · ps تمدن (organized culture) · ur تَہْذِیب (organized culture) · sv kultur (organized culture) · da civilisation (human society) · uz madaniyat (organized culture) · gv ardveenid (state or quality of being civilized) · or ସଭ୍ୟତା (organized culture) · ru культу́ра (human society) · wuu 文明 (organized culture) · ota مدنیت (organized culture) · ro civilizație (human society) · cs civilizace (organized culture) · si සංස්කෘතිය (organized culture) · kk өркениет (organized culture) · it civiltà (human society) · mi puāwaitanga (organized culture) · he צִיוִילִיזַצְיָה (human society) · sa संस्कृति (organized culture) · cop ⲓⲉⲃⲟⲩⲱⲓⲛⲓ (organized culture) · az sivilizasiya (organized culture) · tr ekinç (organized culture) · be цывіліза́цыя (organized culture) · acw حضارة (organized culture) · fi korkeakulttuuri (organized culture) · ro civilizație (organized culture) · ka ცივილიზაცია (organized culture) · eo civilizo (act or process of civilizing or becoming civilized) · sh civilìzīranōst (act or process of civilizing or becoming civilized) · ms tamadun (organized culture) · nl beschaving (organized culture) · hi सभ्यता (state or quality of being civilized) · fi sivistynyt yhteiskunta (human society) · ru цивилиза́ция (organized culture) · arz حضارة (organized culture) · cs civilizace (human society) · sh цивилѝзӣрано̄ст (act or process of civilizing or becoming civilized) · sh цивилиза́ција (human society) · hi सभ्यता (organized culture) · hi संस्कृति (organized culture) · sa सभ्यता (organized culture) · he צִיוִילִיזַצְיָה (organized culture) · ml നാഗരികത (organized culture) · th ความศิวิไลซ์ (state or quality of being civilized) · my ယဉ်ကျေးမှု (organized culture) · ro civilizare (act or process of civilizing or becoming civilized) · sv civilisation (human society) · id peradaban (organized culture) · nl civilisatie (act or process of civilizing or becoming civilized) · ar تَثْقِيف (act or process of civilizing or becoming civilized) · pt civilização (organized culture) · sw ustaarabu (organized culture) · ps مدنيت (organized culture) · cmn 文明化 (act or process of civilizing or becoming civilized) · fi sivistys (human society) · tr medenîleşme (act or process of civilizing or becoming civilized) · da civilisation (organized culture) · ga sibhialtacht (human society) · ota تمدن (organized culture) · ca civilitat (state or quality of being civilized) · tg тамаддун (organized culture) · bn সভ্যতা (organized culture) · wa civilizåcion (organized culture) · tr sivilleşme (state or quality of being civilized) · ur تَمَدُّن (organized culture) · cdo 文明 (organized culture) · gl civilización (organized culture) · mk цивилиза́ција (human society) · fi sivilisaatio (organized culture) · gl civilización (act or process of civilizing or becoming civilized) · it civilizzazione (act or process of civilizing or becoming civilized) · hi सभ्यता (human society) · mi puāwaitanga (state or quality of being civilized) · nb sivilisasjon (organized culture) · el πολιτισμός (human society) · de Zivilisiertwerden (act or process of civilizing or becoming civilized) · sh civilizácija (organized culture) · ru цивилизо́ванность (state or quality of being civilized) · lt civilizacija (organized culture) · ru цивилиза́ция (act or process of civilizing or becoming civilized) · uz sivilizatsiya (organized culture) · bg цивилиза́ция (organized culture) · ru цивилиза́ция (human society) · fi sivistyneisyys (state or quality of being civilized) · bg цивилизованост (state or quality of being civilized) · fa تربیت (act or process of civilizing or becoming civilized) · gu સંસ્કૃતિ (organized culture) · th อารยธรรม (organized culture) · ro civilitate (state or quality of being civilized) · lij civiltæ (organized culture) · ky цивилизация (organized culture) · fa فرهنگ (state or quality of being civilized) · lo ອາລະຍະທຳ (organized culture) · pt civilização (state or quality of being civilized) · fr civilisation (organized culture) · la exculta hominum vīta (organized culture) · eo civiliziteco (state or quality of being civilized) · bg цивилизоване (act or process of civilizing or becoming civilized) · ne सभ्यता (organized culture) · as সভ্যতা (organized culture) · ar تَمَدُّن (organized culture) · tr medeniyet (organized culture) · pt civilização (human society) · hak 文明 (organized culture) · lv civilizācija (organized culture) · kmr sivîlîzasyon (organized culture) · sh civilizácija (human society) · tg маданият (organized culture) · bg цивилизация (human society) · br sevenadur (organized culture) · dng вынмин (organized culture) · fy beskaving (organized culture) · bn তহজিব (organized culture) · sv civilisation (organized culture) · ast civilización (act or process of civilizing or becoming civilized) · kn ನಾಗರೀಕತೆ (organized culture) · az mədəniyyət (organized culture) · is siðmenning (organized culture) · pa ਸੰਸਕ੍ਰਿਤੀ (organized culture) · bn তমদ্দুন (organized culture) · da kultur (organized culture) · tl kabihasnan (organized culture) · as সংস্কৃতি (organized culture) · am ሥልጣኔ (organized culture) · mr संस्कृती (organized culture) · mi whakapuāwaitanga (act or process of civilizing or becoming civilized) · sq qytetërim (organized culture) · cy gwareiddiad (organized culture) · ca civilització (organized culture) · la cīvīlitās (state or quality of being civilized) · hu civilizáció (organized culture) · et tsivilisatsioon (organized culture) · fi sivistyminen (act or process of civilizing or becoming civilized) · mn соёл иргэншил (organized culture) · fi kulttuuri (organized culture) · yi ציוויליזאַציע (organized culture) · pl cywilizacja (organized culture) · ug مەدەنىيەت (organized culture) · tl kabihasnan (human society) · nan-hbl 文明 (organized culture) · fa-ira مَدَنِیَّت (organized culture) · ko 문명 (organized culture) · km អរិយធម៌ (organized culture) · rue цівіліза́ція (organized culture) · tr insanlık (human society) · mnc ᡧᡠ ᡤᡝᠩᡤᡳᠶᡝᠨ (organized culture) · de Zivilisation (organized culture) · tr uygarlaşma (act or process of civilizing or becoming civilized) · eo civilizado (act or process of civilizing or becoming civilized) · he ציוויליזציה (human society) · ca civilització (act or process of civilizing or becoming civilized) · ja 文明化 (act or process of civilizing or becoming civilized) · pt civilização (act or process of civilizing or becoming civilized) · pa ਸੱਭਿਅਤਾ (organized culture) · el πολιτισμός (act or process of civilizing or becoming civilized) · hy քաղաքակրթություն (organized culture) · mk култу́ра (organized culture) · he ציוויליזציה (organized culture) · eo civilizacio (organized culture) · cmn 文明 (organized culture) · af beskawing (organized culture) · vi văn minh (organized culture) · hu civilizáció (human society) · ja 文明 (organized culture) · it civiltà (organized culture) · sh цивилиза́ција (organized culture) · el πολιτισμός (state or quality of being civilized) · uz tamaddun (organized culture) · sv civilisering (act or process of civilizing or becoming civilized) · ky маданият (organized culture) · ast civilización (organized culture) · bg култура (state or quality of being civilized) · fi sivilisaatio (act or process of civilizing or becoming civilized) · mk култу́ра (human society) · kmr medeniyet (organized culture) · mt ċiviltà (organized culture) · tk medeniýet (organized culture) · sk civilizácia (organized culture) · da civilisering (act or process of civilizing or becoming civilized) · yue 文明 (organized culture) · ga sibhialtacht (organized culture) · te నాగరికత (organized culture)