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- 1. the stage of human social and cultural development and organization that is considered most advanced: "the Victorians equated the railways with progress and civilization" Similar
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a highly developed culture, including its social organization, government, laws, and arts, or the culture of a social group or country at a particular time: [ U ] Widespread use of the Internet may change modern civilization. [ C ] The Inca civilization flourished for a long time.
The meaning of CIVILIZATION is a relatively high level of cultural and technological development; specifically : the stage of cultural development at which writing and the keeping of written records is attained. How to use civilization in a sentence.
Civilizations are organized densely-populated settlements divided into hierarchical social classes with a ruling elite and subordinate urban and rural populations, which engage in intensive agriculture, mining, small-scale manufacture and trade.
a highly developed culture, including its social organization, government, laws, and arts, or the culture of a social group or country at a particular time: [ U ] Widespread use of the Internet may change modern civilization. [ C ] The Inca civilization flourished for a long time.
an advanced state of human society, in which a high level of culture, science, industry, and government has been reached. those people or nations that have reached such a state. any type of culture, society, etc., of a specific place, time, or group: Greek civilization.
A civilization is a human society with its own social organization and culture. The ancient civilizations of Central and Latin America were founded upon corn. It seemed to him that western civilization was in grave economic and cultural danger.
Civilization is an advanced stage of human society, where people live with a reasonable degree of organization and comfort and can think about things like art and education.
CIVILIZATION meaning: 1 : the condition that exists when people have developed effective ways of organizing a society and care about art, science, etc.; 2 : a particular well-organized and developed society.
civilization. noun. /ˌsɪvəlaɪˈzeɪʃn/ /ˌsɪvələˈzeɪʃn/ ( British English also civilisation) [uncountable] a state of human society that is very developed and organized. the technology of modern civilization. The Victorians regarded the railways as bringing progress and civilization. Extra Examples. Oxford Collocations Dictionary.
CIVILIZATION definition: 1. human society with its developed social organizations, or the culture and way of life of a…. Learn more.
