Definition of civilisation Civilisation
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We found 6 definitions of civilisation from 3 different sources.
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What does civilisation mean?
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| civilisation - a particular society at a particular time and place; "early Mayan civilization" | ||
| culture, civilization | ||
| society an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization | ||
| archaeology, archeology the branch of anthropology that studies prehistoric people and their cultures | ||
| subculture a social group within a national culture that has distinctive patterns of behavior and beliefs | ||
| aegean civilisation, aegean civilization aegean culture | ||
| helladic civilisation, helladic civilization, helladic culture the bronze-age culture of mainland Greece that flourished 2500-1100 BC | ||
| indus civilization the bronze-age culture of the Indus valley that flourished from about 2600-1750 BC | ||
| minoan civilisation, minoan civilization, minoan culture the bronze-age culture of Crete that flourished 3000-1100 BC | ||
| mycenaean civilisation, mycenaean civilization, mycenaean culture the late bronze-age culture of Mycenae that flourished 1400-1100 BC | ||
| paleo-american culture, paleo-amerind culture, paleo-indian culture the prehistoric culture of the earliest human inhabitants of North America and South America | ||
| civilisation - 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" | ||
| civilization | ||
| society an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization | ||
| political science, government, politics the act of governing; exercising authority; "regulations for the governing of state prisons"; "he had considerable experience of government" | ||
| civilisation - the quality of excellence in thought and manners and taste; "a man of intellectual refinement"; "he is remembered for his generosity and civilization" | ||
| refinement, civilization | ||
| excellence the quality of excelling; possessing good qualities in high degree | ||
| civilisation - the social process whereby societies achieve an advanced stage of development and organization | ||
| civilization | ||
| social process a process involved in the formation of groups of persons | ||
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civilisation
A society in an advanced state of social development, e.g. with complex legal and political and religious organizations.
Part of speech
🔤- civilisation, noun, singular of civilisations.
