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Meaning of civilizations

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

civilizations

noun

Definitions

  1. 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.

    Example: Modern civilization is a product of industrialization and globalization.

  2. Human society, particularly civil society.

    Example: A hermit doesn't much care for civilization.

  3. The act or process of civilizing or becoming civilized.

    Example: The teacher's civilization of the child was no easy task.

  4. The state or quality of being civilized.

    Example: He was a man of great civilization.