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civilisation
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civilisation (Brit.)
n.
society, culture (of a group of people or a particular place); highly developed social and economic structure (also civilization)
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Civilization
A civilization (US) or civilisation (UK) is any complex society characterized by urban development, symbolic communication forms (typically, writing systems), and a perceived separation from and domination over the natural environment by a cultural elite. Civilizations are intimately associated with and often further defined by other socio-politico-economic characteristics, including centralization, the domestication of both humans and other organisms, specialization of labor, culturally ingrained ideologies of progress and supremacism, monumental architecture, taxation, societal dependence upon farming as an agricultural practice, and expansionism.
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civilisation
Noun
1. the social process whereby societies achieve civilization
(synonym) civilization
(hypernym) social process
(derivation) civilize, civilise
2. a particular society at a particular time and place; "early Mayan civilization"
(synonym) culture, civilization
(hypernym) society
(hyponym) Aegean civilization, Aegean civilisation, Aegean culture
(part-meronym) subculture
3. 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"
(synonym) civilization
(hypernym) society
(classification) politics, political science, government
4. the quality of excellence in thought and manners and taste; "a man of intellectual refinement"; "he is remembered for his generosity and civilization"
(synonym) refinement, civilization
(hypernym) excellence
(derivation) educate, school, train, cultivate, civilize, civilise
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civilisation
nf.
civilization, culture
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civilisation
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