civilization
/ˌsɪv.ə.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/ noun B1- 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. · the Aztec civilization· Western civilization
- Human society, particularly civil society. · A hermit doesn't much care for civilization.· I'm glad to be back in civilization after a day with that rowdy family.
- The act or process of civilizing or becoming civilized. · The teacher's civilization of the child was no easy task.
- The state or quality of being civilized. · He was a man of great civilization.
Plural civilizations
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Still, from an artificial civilization have originated wants, vices, and false tastes, which occasionally become so powerful as to stifle within us all good feelings, and ultimately to lead us into guilt and wickedness.
Brunhilda and Fredegund were the results of the painful struggle of civilization in its infancy, when man was learning to control mind, were it even by an emissary from the realms of darkness.
These delicate gaseous remnants offer invaluable clues regarding the composition of the Earth's atmosphere long before human civilization emerged.
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