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Synonyms for civilization
ˌsɪv ə ləˈzeɪ ʃənciv·i·liza·tion

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Wiktionary0.0 / 0 votes

  1. civilizationnoun

    Synonyms:
    culture, order

  2. civilizationnoun

    Synonyms:
    sphere

  3. civilizationnoun

    Synonyms:
    acculturation, education

  4. civilizationnoun

    Synonyms:
    home, the land of the living

English Synonyms and Antonyms3.8 / 4 votes

  1. civilization

    Civilization applies to nations, denoting the sum of those civil, social, economic, and political attainments by which a community is removed from barbarism; a people may be civilized while still far from refinement or culture, but civilization is susceptible of various degrees and of continued progress. Refinement applies either to nations or individuals, denoting the removal of what is coarse and rude, and a corresponding attainment of what is delicate, elegant, and beautiful. Cultivation, denoting primarily the process of cultivating the soil or growing crops, then the improved condition of either which is the result, is applied in similar sense to the human mind and character, but in this usage is now largely superseded by the term culture, which denotes a high development of the best qualities of man's mental and spiritual nature, with especial reference to the esthetic faculties and to graces of speech and manner, regarded as the expression of a refined nature. Culture in the fullest sense denotes that degree of refinement and development which results from continued cultivation through successive generations; a man's faculties may be brought to a high degree of cultivation in some specialty, while he himself remains uncultured even to the extent of coarseness and rudeness. Compare HUMANE; POLITE.

    Synonyms:
    cultivation, culture, elegance, politeness, refinement

    Antonyms:
    barbarism, boorishness, brutality, clownishness, coarseness, grossness, rudeness, rusticity, savagery, vulgarity

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms3.0 / 2 votes

  1. civilization

    Synonyms:
    amelioration, culture, cultivation, humanization, refinement

    Antonyms:
    demoralization, savagery, uncivilization, barbarism, rudeness, brutality

Princeton's WordNet2.6 / 11 votes

  1. civilization, civilisationnoun

    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"

    Synonyms:
    refinement, civilisation, culture

  2. civilization, civilisationnoun

    the social process whereby societies achieve an advanced stage of development and organization

    Synonyms:
    refinement, civilisation, culture

  3. culture, civilization, civilisationnoun

    a particular society at a particular time and place

    "early Mayan civilization"

    Synonyms:
    culture, cultivation, acculturation, polish, civilisation, finish, refinement

  4. refinement, civilization, civilisationnoun

    the quality of excellence in thought and manners and taste

    "a man of intellectual refinement"; "he is remembered for his generosity and civilization"

    Synonyms:
    nicety, culture, elaboration, shade, subtlety, cultivation, refining, polish, nuance, civilisation, finish, refinement, purification

Dictionary of English Synonymes2.8 / 4 votes

  1. civilizationnoun

    Synonyms:
    culture, cultivation, refinement

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How to use civilization in a sentence?

  1. Newt Gingrich:

    Western civilization is in a war.

  2. Zahi Hawass:

    There is no relation between Blacks and the origin of the ancient Egyptian civilization at all.

  3. Khan Academy:

    I view this type of investment in what we're doing as really foundational for us to be able to build a multi-generational institution, so that future Elon Musks of the world are also able to tap into their potential and help all of us up-level who we are as a civilization.

  4. James Joyce:

    Our civilization, bequeathed to us by fierce adventurers, eaters of meat and hunters, is so full of hurry and combat, so busy about many things which perhaps are of no importance, that it cannot but see something feeble in a civilization which smiles as it refuses to make the battlefield the test of excellence.

  5. Emmanuel Macron:

    Our civilization is at stake, our way of living, of being free, of promoting our values, our common enterprises and our hopes.


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