Civilization

Noun

 * 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.
 * 2)  Human society, particularly civil society.
 * 3) The act or process of civilizing or becoming civilized.
 * 4) The state or quality of being civilized.
 * 5)  The act of rendering a criminal process civil.

Proper noun

 * 1) Collectively, those people 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 civilised, as savages or barbarians. cf refinement, elitism, civilised society, the Civilised World

Adjectives for Civilization
brutalized; luminous; distinctive; potential; perished; private; primitive; ancient; increasing;  vast;   varied;   overvaunted; bloated; progressive; sophisticated; troubadour; moral; decadent; earthly; ordered; material; contemporary; turbulent; strange; advancing; complex; indigenous; mechanical; passionate; refined; higher; saturated; enlightened; decent; perilous; sick; alien; technical; crumbling; disintegrating; effete; bygone; older; long-vanished; artistic; archaic; forgotten; unique; extraordinary; so-called;  cracked;   industrial; megalopolitan; superficial; luxurious; urban; domestic; barbaric; aboriginal; agrarian; national; crude; fastidious; majestic; unrecorded; belligerent; chivalrous; selfish; solid; positive; pernicious; prosy; modern; curious; attendant; perfected.

Verbs for Civilization
blot out—; break down—; contribute to—; court—; cradle—;   destroy—;   doom—; extol—; flout—; found—; fuse—s; infect—; menace—; promote—; raise—; shame—; standardize—;   threaten—;   —advances; —asserts itself; —decays; —declines; — enslaves;   ;—falls;   —inflicts;   —mars; —perishes; —progresses; —reverts to type; —sweeps onward; —wanes.

Synonyms for Civilization

 * culture, order
 * sphere
 * education, acculturation
 * home, the land of the living

Derived terms

 * civilizational
 * civilizationally

Thesaurus
acculturation, civility, complex, cultivation, cultural drift, culture, culture area, culture center, culture complex, culture conflict, culture contact, culture pattern, culture trait, customs, edification, education, enculturation, enlightenment, ethos, folkways, key trait, mores, polish, refinement, socialization, society, sophistication, trait, trait-complex

Alternative forms

 * civilisation

Etymology
Confer French civilisation:.

Noun

 * Arabic:
 * Bosnian:
 * Breton:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese: 文化, 文化 (wén huà)
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: civilizo
 * Finnish: ,
 * German: ,
 * Greek: (politismós)
 * Hebrew: ציוויליזציה (tzivilizatzia)


 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: (, bunmei)
 * Korean: 문화 (mun hwa)
 * Kurdish:
 * Sorani: ئاوه‌دانی
 * Norwegian: sivilisasjon
 * Polish: cywilizacja
 * Romanian: civilizație, cultură
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbian:
 * Spanish: civilización
 * Swedish: ,
 * Turkish: ekinç, medeniyet, uygarlık


 * Chinese: 文明國家, 文明国家 (wén mín guó jiā)
 * Croatian:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: bewoonde wereld
 * Finnish: ,
 * German:


 * Hebrew: ציוויליזציה (tzivilizatzia)
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Romanian: civilizație
 * Russian: ,
 * Swedish:


 * Chinese: 文明化, 文明化 (wén mín huà)
 * Croatian:
 * Danish: civilisering
 * Dutch: civilisatie
 * Finnish: sivistäminen, sivistyminen, sivilisaatio
 * German: adj.


 * Italian:
 * Japanese: (, bunmeika)
 * Korean: 문명화 (munmyeonghwa)
 * Romanian: civilizare
 * Russian:
 * Swedish: civilisering
 * Turkish: medenîleşme, uygarlaşma, medenîleştirme, uygarlaştırma


 * Finnish: sivistyneiyys
 * Italian:


 * Romanian: civilitate
 * Russian: цивилизованность,
 * Turkish: sivilleşme

Proper noun

 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian: ,


 * Korean: 교양인 (gyoyangin)
 * Norwegian: sivilisasjon
 * Polish: cywilizacja
 * Russian:
 * Swedish: