Definition of civilization Civilization

/sɪˌvʌlɪzejˈʃʌn/ - [sivulizeyshun] - civ•i•li•za•tion

We found 15 definitions of civilization from 7 different sources.

What does civilization mean?

WordNet

Noun Plural: civilizations
civilization - 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"
		civilisation
		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"
civilization - the social process whereby societies achieve an advanced stage of development and organization
		civilisation
		social process a process involved in the formation of groups of persons
civilization - a particular society at a particular time and place; "early Mayan civilization"
		culture, civilisation
		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
civilization - the quality of excellence in thought and manners and taste; "a man of intellectual refinement"; "he is remembered for his generosity and civilization"
		refinement, civilisation
		excellence the quality of excelling; possessing good qualities in high degree

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Wiktionary

civilization (Noun)
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.
civilization (Noun)
Human society, particularly civil society.
civilization (Noun)
The act or process of civilizing or becoming civilized.
civilization (Noun)
The state or quality of being civilized.
civilization (Noun)
The act of rendering a criminal process civil.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

civilization (n.)
The act of civilizing, or the state of being civilized; national culture; refinement.
civilization (n.)
Rendering a criminal process civil.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

civilization
A society in an advanced state of social development, e.g. with complex legal and political and religious organizations.

Foolish DictionaryThe Foolish Dictionary 🤡

civilization
An upward growth or tendency that has enabled mankind to develop the college yell from what was once only a feeble war-whoop.

Wikipedia

Civilization, or civilisation comes from the Latin word "civis", meaning someone who lives in a town. We think of people as being civilized when they have organised themselves into a stable, efficient group, instead of operating separately or in small tribes. Beyond this, we would expect any civilization to be recognisable by its language, arts, architecture, education and intellectual achievements, government and ability to defend itself.

Although civilizations overlap in time and place, they are usually defined by where their population were gathered in largest number, or where their government was based when they were at their greatest power. For example the Roman Empire was governed from Rome. Their empire once stretched from the Scottish borders to North Africa and the Eastern Mediterranean. They had their own language, Latin, which became the preferred method of communication among educated people until long after their civilization had vanished. Today lawyers and politicians, doctors and scientists, scholars and others still use Latin in the course of their everyday work, even though the Roman civilization died out more than 1,500 years ago. It is said that William Shakespeare excelled at Latin. Latin is still taught in some schools. We still admire and copy Roman architecture, use Roman numerals to count certain things, use the names of Roman gods to mark the days and months of our calendars, name the constellations in the sky by the same names that the Romans used an